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'Reported Defects Reappearing On Aircraft': Aviation Watchdog After Audit
A special audit of airlines, maintenance teams and other aspects carried out by the aviation watchdog at airports like Delhi and Mumbai has revealed several deficiencies, including reported defects reappearing on aircraft.
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NDTV Inside Flight Simulator: What May Have Happened In Dreamliner's Final Moments
NDTV spoke to a commercial airline pilot inside the cockpit of a flight simulator to get an insight into what could have gone wrong with Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner just before it crashed in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Thursday.
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Simulator Training For A320 Pilots Suspended At Air India Facility: Report
DGCA has suspended simulator training activities for A320 pilots at Air India's facility in Hyderabad, close on the heels of suspending the training activities for Boeing pilots at the Tata Group-owned airline's facility in Mumbai.
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Aviation Watchdog Wants Boeing 737 Pilots To Undergo Simulator Training
Aviation regulator DGCA has asked the airlines and Boeing to ensure that pilots who are qualified to fly 737 Max planes in India are given simulator training in order to ensure passenger safety once the aircraft is back in operation, said a senior official.
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Pilots Of Crashed Ethiopian Jet Used Flight Simulator
The pilots of the Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 that crashed on March 10, killing all 189 people on board, used a flight simulator to learn how to fly the Boeing 737 Max 8 plane, the flag carrier told CNN.
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Ethiopia Crash Captain Did Not Train On Airline's MAX Simulator: Report
The captain of a doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight did not get a chance to practise on his airline's new simulator for the Boeing 737 MAX 8 before he died in a crash with 157 others, a pilot colleague said.
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6 Ryanair Crew Members Fired Over Photo Of Them Sleeping On Airport Floor
Ryanair said on Wednesday it had fired six cabin crew who took a photograph of themselves simulating having to sleep on the floor in Spain's Malaga airport as part of a protest over conditions. The low-cost carrier said the staff were dismissed for staging "a fake photograph to support a false claim (widely reported in international media outlets) ...
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Taiwan Holds Live-Fire Drills As Tensions With China Mount
Taiwanese troops Tuesday staged live-fire exercises simulating a response to an invasion, as China stepped up pressure on the island's President Tsai Ing-wen and a row over airline routes escalated.
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Report On MH370 Finds 'Initially Similar' Route On Pilot's Flight Simulator
The captain of the Malaysian Airlines aircraft that vanished somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean with 239 people on board had flown a route on his home flight simulator six weeks earlier that was "initially similar" to the one actually taken, Australian authorities said on Tuesday.
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Simulator Training Facilities Within India Mandatory: Airline Regulator Tells Operators
Airline operators having more than 20 aircraft of one type should compulsorily have simulator training facility within India, aviation watchdog DGCA has said months after detecting lapses at an overseas simulator training facility used by IndiGo.
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Malaysia Says MH370 Pilot Flew Indian Ocean Route On Simulator
Malaysian officials have said that one of MH370's pilots plotted a path over the Indian Ocean on a home flight simulator, but warned this did not prove he deliberately crashed the plane.
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Flight Simulator In MH370 Captain's Home Plotted Indian Ocean Course: Report
A home flight simulator owned by the pilot of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was used to plot a course to the southern Indian Ocean where the aircraft is believed to have gone missing, the Australian agency in charge of the search said on Thursday.
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Australia: MH370 Captain's Simulator Had Indian Ocean Route
Australian officials confirmed on Thursday that data recovered from a home flight simulator owned by the captain of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 showed that someone had used the device to plot a course to the southern Indian Ocean, where the missing jet is believed to have crashed.
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MH370 Pilot Flew Similar Doomed Route On Home Simulator: Report
The pilot who flew missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which is believed to have gone off route and crashed in the Indian Ocean, conducted a simulation of a similar path just weeks prior, New York magazine reported.
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Flight instructor who appeared on CNN fired
A flight simulator instructor who wore casual clothes when he figured prominently in CNN's coverage of the missing Malaysia airliner was fired
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'Reported Defects Reappearing On Aircraft': Aviation Watchdog After Audit
A special audit of airlines, maintenance teams and other aspects carried out by the aviation watchdog at airports like Delhi and Mumbai has revealed several deficiencies, including reported defects reappearing on aircraft.
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NDTV Inside Flight Simulator: What May Have Happened In Dreamliner's Final Moments
NDTV spoke to a commercial airline pilot inside the cockpit of a flight simulator to get an insight into what could have gone wrong with Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner just before it crashed in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Thursday.
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Simulator Training For A320 Pilots Suspended At Air India Facility: Report
DGCA has suspended simulator training activities for A320 pilots at Air India's facility in Hyderabad, close on the heels of suspending the training activities for Boeing pilots at the Tata Group-owned airline's facility in Mumbai.
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Aviation Watchdog Wants Boeing 737 Pilots To Undergo Simulator Training
Aviation regulator DGCA has asked the airlines and Boeing to ensure that pilots who are qualified to fly 737 Max planes in India are given simulator training in order to ensure passenger safety once the aircraft is back in operation, said a senior official.
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Pilots Of Crashed Ethiopian Jet Used Flight Simulator
The pilots of the Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 that crashed on March 10, killing all 189 people on board, used a flight simulator to learn how to fly the Boeing 737 Max 8 plane, the flag carrier told CNN.
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Ethiopia Crash Captain Did Not Train On Airline's MAX Simulator: Report
The captain of a doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight did not get a chance to practise on his airline's new simulator for the Boeing 737 MAX 8 before he died in a crash with 157 others, a pilot colleague said.
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6 Ryanair Crew Members Fired Over Photo Of Them Sleeping On Airport Floor
Ryanair said on Wednesday it had fired six cabin crew who took a photograph of themselves simulating having to sleep on the floor in Spain's Malaga airport as part of a protest over conditions. The low-cost carrier said the staff were dismissed for staging "a fake photograph to support a false claim (widely reported in international media outlets) ...
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Taiwan Holds Live-Fire Drills As Tensions With China Mount
Taiwanese troops Tuesday staged live-fire exercises simulating a response to an invasion, as China stepped up pressure on the island's President Tsai Ing-wen and a row over airline routes escalated.
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Report On MH370 Finds 'Initially Similar' Route On Pilot's Flight Simulator
The captain of the Malaysian Airlines aircraft that vanished somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean with 239 people on board had flown a route on his home flight simulator six weeks earlier that was "initially similar" to the one actually taken, Australian authorities said on Tuesday.
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Simulator Training Facilities Within India Mandatory: Airline Regulator Tells Operators
Airline operators having more than 20 aircraft of one type should compulsorily have simulator training facility within India, aviation watchdog DGCA has said months after detecting lapses at an overseas simulator training facility used by IndiGo.
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Malaysia Says MH370 Pilot Flew Indian Ocean Route On Simulator
Malaysian officials have said that one of MH370's pilots plotted a path over the Indian Ocean on a home flight simulator, but warned this did not prove he deliberately crashed the plane.
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Flight Simulator In MH370 Captain's Home Plotted Indian Ocean Course: Report
A home flight simulator owned by the pilot of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was used to plot a course to the southern Indian Ocean where the aircraft is believed to have gone missing, the Australian agency in charge of the search said on Thursday.
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Australia: MH370 Captain's Simulator Had Indian Ocean Route
Australian officials confirmed on Thursday that data recovered from a home flight simulator owned by the captain of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 showed that someone had used the device to plot a course to the southern Indian Ocean, where the missing jet is believed to have crashed.
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MH370 Pilot Flew Similar Doomed Route On Home Simulator: Report
The pilot who flew missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which is believed to have gone off route and crashed in the Indian Ocean, conducted a simulation of a similar path just weeks prior, New York magazine reported.
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Flight instructor who appeared on CNN fired
A flight simulator instructor who wore casual clothes when he figured prominently in CNN's coverage of the missing Malaysia airliner was fired
