Mumbai Airport Accident

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau or AAIB has started a probe into the incident where a 53-year-old flight attendant fell from a parked Air India plane while closing its door at Mumbai airport, an official said on Tuesday.

A mid-air collision was averted over Mumbai's airspace when a Vistara aircraft came close to an Air India plane, prompting the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau to launch a probe.

The National Human Rights Commission or NHRC today issued notices to the Civil Aviation Ministry and Air India over reports of death of a technician who got sucked into engine of an aircraft at the Mumbai Airport.

A mail on the death of an Air India engineer who was sucked into the engine of a running aircraft, an Airbus A 319, at the Mumbai airport on Wednesday, reveals that Standard Operating Procedure may not have been followed during take-off.

India's flag carrier Air India is investigating a freak accident in which one of its technicians got sucked into the running engine of an aircraft at the Mumbai airport on Wednesday. The plane's engine is being dismantled to recover the body.

Passengers onboard a SpiceJet flight from Mumbai to Jabalpur had a narrow escape after their plane collided with wild boars and went off the runway before coming to a stop at the Jabalpur airport this evening.

Three persons were killed on Wednesday night while several others were injured after a portion of an under-construction bridge collapsed near the international airport in Mumbai.

It's been over 3 months since Russel Rebello went missing after Costa Concordia sank off the Italian coast; his brother Kevin returned home on Monday, broke, heartbroken and unable to face his mother. "Hundred days later, I have nothing for my mother," said an emotional Kevin Rebello, speaking to MiD DAY hours after he landed at Mumbai internationa...

A major tragedy was averted at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport last evening when two Jet Airways aircraft were scheduled to land on the same runway a minute apart, forcing a third flight, ready for departure, to abort. Panic followed the landing of Bhuj-Mumbai flight 9W 2534 at CSIA main runway 0927 at 6.06 pm. The plane, ferrying aro...

More than 100 passengers on board an Air India plane had a worrying landing at Mumbai on Monday. The tail of the plane hit the runway. All passengers and crew were reported safe. Air India has reportedly de-rostered the two pilots till the airline determines the sequence of events.

A disaster was averted at the Mumbai airport by an alert Air Traffic Controller (ATC). At about 1pm on Wednesday afternoon, Jet airways flight 9W 2403 from Mumbai to Goa was about to take off when an incoming Indigo flight was seen by the ATC in the approach path.

Wednesday night's inquiries into the case of the woman who was found dead near gate number five of the Sahar International Airport in Mumbai around 8.30 pm on Wednesday night indicated that she had slipped and did not commit suicide as previously believed.Inquiries by the Sahar police revealed that the woman was sitting on the edge of the departure...

A series of accidents at the Mumbai International Airport has once again brought the focus back to its problems of congestion.

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau or AAIB has started a probe into the incident where a 53-year-old flight attendant fell from a parked Air India plane while closing its door at Mumbai airport, an official said on Tuesday.

A mid-air collision was averted over Mumbai's airspace when a Vistara aircraft came close to an Air India plane, prompting the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau to launch a probe.

The National Human Rights Commission or NHRC today issued notices to the Civil Aviation Ministry and Air India over reports of death of a technician who got sucked into engine of an aircraft at the Mumbai Airport.

A mail on the death of an Air India engineer who was sucked into the engine of a running aircraft, an Airbus A 319, at the Mumbai airport on Wednesday, reveals that Standard Operating Procedure may not have been followed during take-off.

India's flag carrier Air India is investigating a freak accident in which one of its technicians got sucked into the running engine of an aircraft at the Mumbai airport on Wednesday. The plane's engine is being dismantled to recover the body.

Passengers onboard a SpiceJet flight from Mumbai to Jabalpur had a narrow escape after their plane collided with wild boars and went off the runway before coming to a stop at the Jabalpur airport this evening.

Three persons were killed on Wednesday night while several others were injured after a portion of an under-construction bridge collapsed near the international airport in Mumbai.

It's been over 3 months since Russel Rebello went missing after Costa Concordia sank off the Italian coast; his brother Kevin returned home on Monday, broke, heartbroken and unable to face his mother. "Hundred days later, I have nothing for my mother," said an emotional Kevin Rebello, speaking to MiD DAY hours after he landed at Mumbai internationa...

A major tragedy was averted at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport last evening when two Jet Airways aircraft were scheduled to land on the same runway a minute apart, forcing a third flight, ready for departure, to abort. Panic followed the landing of Bhuj-Mumbai flight 9W 2534 at CSIA main runway 0927 at 6.06 pm. The plane, ferrying aro...

More than 100 passengers on board an Air India plane had a worrying landing at Mumbai on Monday. The tail of the plane hit the runway. All passengers and crew were reported safe. Air India has reportedly de-rostered the two pilots till the airline determines the sequence of events.

A disaster was averted at the Mumbai airport by an alert Air Traffic Controller (ATC). At about 1pm on Wednesday afternoon, Jet airways flight 9W 2403 from Mumbai to Goa was about to take off when an incoming Indigo flight was seen by the ATC in the approach path.

Wednesday night's inquiries into the case of the woman who was found dead near gate number five of the Sahar International Airport in Mumbai around 8.30 pm on Wednesday night indicated that she had slipped and did not commit suicide as previously believed.Inquiries by the Sahar police revealed that the woman was sitting on the edge of the departure...

A series of accidents at the Mumbai International Airport has once again brought the focus back to its problems of congestion.