Aircraft

US-Led Coalition Denies Bombing Pro-Regime Position In East Syria

World News | Reuters | Monday June 18, 2018

Syrian state media said on Monday that U.S.-led coalition aircraft had bombed "one of our military positions" in eastern Syria, leading to deaths and injuries, but the U.S. military denied carrying out strikes in the area.

China Aircraft Carrier Builder Manager Under Probe On Corruption Charges

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday June 17, 2018

China has launched a corruption investigation into the general manager of the state-owned firm responsible for building aircraft carriers, a potential complication in ambitious plans to modernise its navy.

Jabalpur-Bound Plane Lands In Bhopal After Technical Glitch

Bhopal News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 16, 2018

A Jabalpur-bound aircraft of a private airline with 48 passengers on-board made an unscheduled landing at the Raja Bhoj Airport today due to a technical glitch, an official said.

Vistara Set To Fly In International Skies As Fleet Expanded To 21 Aircraft

Business | NDTV Profit Team | Thursday June 14, 2018

Recently, Vistara also announced a new option that allows passengers to take a prior flight on reaching airport up to 4 hours before.

Plane 'Nosedives' Over Ocean Due To Turbulence From Another Jumbo Plane

World News | Edward Johnson, Bloomberg | Thursday June 14, 2018

Qantas Airways Ltd. said one of its A380 aircraft had a brief dive above the Pacific Ocean because of turbulence from another superjumbo plane.

Vistara, SpiceJet, IndiGo Expand Horizons To Escape Airfare War At Home

Business | Thomson Reuters | Wednesday June 13, 2018

Airlines including Vistara, SpiceJet Ltd and InterGlobe Aviation Ltd's IndiGo are in talks to buy or lease widebody aircraft as they firm up international growth plans to boost profitability.

SpiceJet Flight "Inadvertently" Crosses Runway , Almost Collides With Aircraft In Varanasi

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 13, 2018

An alert by Varanasi airport Air Traffic Controller or ATC prevented two aircraft from coming on a collision course at the runway on Tuesday, following which one of the airlines grounded two of its pilots.

PM Modi's "Hawai Chappal" To "Hawai Jahaaj" Plan Faces Turbulence

India News | Reuters | Monday June 11, 2018

Regional Connectivity Scheme or RCS: The slow pace of fitting out regional airports under the UDAN initiative risks delaying Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious plan to launch more flights connecting smaller towns and cities and get millions more people using air travel. The programme, flagged off by PM Modi last year, aims to boost economic g...

GoAir Plane Suffers Bird Hit, Returns To Airport

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 7, 2018

A Port Blair-bound GoAir flight with 167 people on board returned shortly after take off from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here today allegedly after the aircraft suffered a bird hit.

Indian Navy Ship 'INS Kulish' Reaches Indonesia

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 6, 2018

A missile corvette and a maritime patrol aircraft of the Indian Navy today reached Indonesia, days after the two countries vowed to deepen maritime engagement.

Pilot Killed After Air Force's Jaguar Crashes In Gujarat

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Tuesday June 5, 2018

An Indian Air Force (IAF) Jaguar aircraft has crashed in Gujarat's Kutch, killing the pilot. Reports suggest the plane flew from the Jamnagar air base and crashed near a village.

158 Passengers Stuck At Mumbai Airport, Told Runway In Ahmedabad Shut

Mumbai News | Gaurav Sarkar, mid-day.com | Monday June 4, 2018

As many as 158 passengers were left stranded at Mumbai airport in the early hours of Sunday after their 8 am flight to Ahmedabad got cancelled. They spent 45 minutes onboard the aircraft for Jet Airways flight 9W 2314, before being told to deplane. The reason? Jet Airways staff told the fliers that the runway at Ahmedabad airport was shut for maint...

Boeing Sees 2-Year Wait For India's Fighter Jet Order, World's Biggest

India News | Jason Koutsoukis, Bloomberg | Monday June 4, 2018

It could be another two years before India picks the winner of the world's biggest combat aircraft order, according to a senior Boeing Co. executive. Boeing is well placed in the race to supply the Indian Air Force with 110 fighter jets, Gene Cunningham, Boeing vice president of global defense sales, told Bloomberg News on Sunday on the sidelines o...

From US To India, Boeing Hounds Out Newest Airbus Jetliner: Report

India News | Benjamin Katz, Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg | Monday June 4, 2018

Boeing Co.'s efforts to undermine sales of Airbus SE's newest widebody aircraft -- the A330neo -- have moved beyond U.S. borders and into India, a market seen by the European planemaker as crucial to extending sales for the plane into Asia

Plane Makes Emergency Landing On Busy Road. Caught On Camera

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Sunday June 3, 2018

A small plane made an emergency landing on a busy road in California's Huntington Beach and it was caught on camera. According to local media reports, the pilot was forced to land after her plane lost power, shortly after takeoff. Incredibly, neither the pilot nor a single person on the ground was hurt. No property - including the plane - was damag...