Air India Pilot
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Air India pilot found drunk before getting on Switzerland-Delhi flight, taken off duty
India | Sep 25, 2026, 05:25 PM ISTThe incident occurred on September 6, when the pilot was scheduled to operate Air India flight AI151 from Zurich to Delhi. Officials said he smelled of alcohol at the airport, following which airline officials voluntarily alerted local authorities, who took the necessary action.
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Air India plane crash probe: Pilots' body slams summons to captain Sumeet Sabharwal's relative
India | Jan 15, 2026, 01:47 PM ISTAir India Flight 171 plummeted seconds after departing Ahmedabad for London Gatwick, crashing into a medical college hostel and claiming 260 lives: all 12 crew members, 229 of 230 passengers, and 19 people on the ground.
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Air India fined Rs 30 lakh after DGCA finds airline pilot operated without required recency
India | Feb 01, 2025, 09:18 PM ISTThe order to impose penalty came after the response of a show-cause notice to Air India's head of operations and head of rostering, among other executives
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Air India flyers stranded in Jaipur for 5 hours after pilot refused to fly citing 'duty hours'
India | Jun 26, 2023, 05:59 PM ISTDue to the pilot's refusal, 350 passengers were stranded at the Jaipur airport for approximately five hours and had to look for alternative transportation to Delhi.
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Air India pilot bodies ask members not to accept revamped compensation structure; airline reacts
Business | Apr 19, 2023, 11:16 PM ISTAir India has unilaterally changed the condition without consulting the pilots and alleged that they are trying to make all senior pilots executive and thus kill the unions.
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High Court grants anticipatory bail to Air India pilot Arvind Kathpalia
India | Jul 01, 2019, 11:46 AM ISTJustice Mukta Gupta granted relief to Arvind Kathpalia on his plea apprehending arrest in a case lodged against him on the direction of a lower court.
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Air India suspended pilot states 'hair serum' to be the reason behind positive alcohol test
India | Jun 04, 2019, 03:30 PM ISTDuring the hearing, Captain Amit Tyagi's counsel told Justice Vibhu Bakhru that the pre-flight BA test showed the reading between 0.16 and 0.20, which was below the international permissible standard of 0.40.
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Saudi Arabia: Air India pilot dies of 'heart attack' in Riyadh hotel
World | May 30, 2018, 09:05 PM IST27-year-old Rithwick Tiwari, a first officer with the state-run airline, died reportedly of a heart attack while working out in the hotel gym
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AI pilot locks himself up in cockpit after assaulting engineer at Chennai airport
India | Jan 17, 2015, 02:17 PM ISTChennai: An Air India pilot assaulted a flight engineer inside the cockpit at the Chennai airport today morning.The Chennai-Paris flight AI 143 flight, with 142 people onboard, was delayed due to the fight.Reports suggest that
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Two Air India pilots suspended for allowing South actress Nithya Menon inside cockpit
India | Jul 19, 2013, 12:54 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 19: Two Air India pilots have been suspended after they allowed a south Indian actress to sit inside the cockpit on a Bangalore-Hyderabad flight, with the DGCA probing the "flagrant violation" of