Chennai Airport Fire

The newly-commissioned terminal at the Anna International Airport in Chennai has a "grave" fire safety violation, aviation safety experts claimed as they raised the issue with its director and the Airport Authority of India (AAI).

A Navy sailor died on Saturday at a Mumbai hospital while being treated for burn injuries sustained after he was set on fire, allegedly after a failed kidnapping attempt

IndiGo's Chennai-Kuwait flight carrying more than 160 passengers returned to Chennai airport minutes after taking off in the early hours of Friday when pilots declared a mid-air emergency following a fire alarm.

A bus belonging to IndiGo Airlines caught fire Thursday at the airport in Chennai while ferrying passengers of a domestic in-bound evening flight, according to airport officials.

A passenger bus of the Indigo Airlines caught fire in Chennai airport this morning. The bus caught fire after dropping passengers on the tarmac. Fortunately no one is injured in the incident. Indigo has not issued a statement yet.

A fire broke out in an aircondition plant at the Chennai airport on friday, but no one was injured in the incident, police said.

A fire broke out at the domestic arrival area of the airport in Chennai today, however no casualty was reported.

A major accident was averted when fire brigade personnel put out a blaze in a catering vehicle from which food items were being loaded on to a Hyderabad-bound Air India flight with 108 passengers onboard at the airport in Chennai today.

The Tamil Nadu government today ordered a probe by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation into the fire incident at Chennai airport's Air Traffic Control room early today.

A fire at the Chennai Airport's Air Traffic Control (ATC) room affected air traffic for almost four hours. Authorities say the fire broke out at around 2:30 am after batteries of a UPS burst.

A minor fire in a bus used as shuttle service for passengers at Chennai airport caused a flutter today.

A major mishap was averted at the Chennai airport on Monday when a Saudi airline's engine caught fire moments after the take-off. Nearly 180 passengers were on board but all of them were taken off the aircraft and are safe.Flight was to take off from Chennai to Jeddah, however the incident caused a delay.Although, finally the plane took off after a...

A car that was waiting to be transported caught fire at the pre-loading area in Chennai airport on Monday. The car was to be loaded into a cargo plane.

The newly-commissioned terminal at the Anna International Airport in Chennai has a "grave" fire safety violation, aviation safety experts claimed as they raised the issue with its director and the Airport Authority of India (AAI).

A Navy sailor died on Saturday at a Mumbai hospital while being treated for burn injuries sustained after he was set on fire, allegedly after a failed kidnapping attempt

IndiGo's Chennai-Kuwait flight carrying more than 160 passengers returned to Chennai airport minutes after taking off in the early hours of Friday when pilots declared a mid-air emergency following a fire alarm.

A bus belonging to IndiGo Airlines caught fire Thursday at the airport in Chennai while ferrying passengers of a domestic in-bound evening flight, according to airport officials.

A passenger bus of the Indigo Airlines caught fire in Chennai airport this morning. The bus caught fire after dropping passengers on the tarmac. Fortunately no one is injured in the incident. Indigo has not issued a statement yet.

A fire broke out in an aircondition plant at the Chennai airport on friday, but no one was injured in the incident, police said.

A fire broke out at the domestic arrival area of the airport in Chennai today, however no casualty was reported.

A major accident was averted when fire brigade personnel put out a blaze in a catering vehicle from which food items were being loaded on to a Hyderabad-bound Air India flight with 108 passengers onboard at the airport in Chennai today.

The Tamil Nadu government today ordered a probe by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation into the fire incident at Chennai airport's Air Traffic Control room early today.

A fire at the Chennai Airport's Air Traffic Control (ATC) room affected air traffic for almost four hours. Authorities say the fire broke out at around 2:30 am after batteries of a UPS burst.

A minor fire in a bus used as shuttle service for passengers at Chennai airport caused a flutter today.

A major mishap was averted at the Chennai airport on Monday when a Saudi airline's engine caught fire moments after the take-off. Nearly 180 passengers were on board but all of them were taken off the aircraft and are safe.Flight was to take off from Chennai to Jeddah, however the incident caused a delay.Although, finally the plane took off after a...

A car that was waiting to be transported caught fire at the pre-loading area in Chennai airport on Monday. The car was to be loaded into a cargo plane.