Air Traffic Control
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Greece's airports shut down over issues with radio frequencies
World | Jan 04, 2026, 04:57 PM ISTThe incident led to the suspension of all flights, causing the airspace over Greece to empty as aircraft were grounded nationwide, said reports.
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Delhi airport chaos: What is AMSS and why its failure led to more than 800 flights getting delayed
Explainers | Nov 08, 2025, 03:31 PM ISTDelhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport reeled under chaos for 48 hours after a technical snag at the Air Traffic Control led to over 800 flights getting delayed until Friday.
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Delhi airport technical issue resolved after 800 flight delays, operations to normalise soon
India | Nov 07, 2025, 11:20 PM ISTThe Indira Gandhi International Airport issued an official statement on Friday evening stating that the technical issue in the Automatic Message Switching System (AMSS), responsible for managing aircraft by the Air Traffic Control (ATC), has been resolved.
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Aaj Ki Baat: Full episode, November 7, 2025
India | Nov 07, 2025, 09:12 PM ISTPM Modi lauded the 'record turnout' in the phase 1 of the assembly elections in Bihar, saying it shows the trust of the people in his and incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's 'track record'.
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Delhi airport technical glitch: Centre rules out cyber attack after snag hits over 800 flights
India | Nov 07, 2025, 07:39 PM ISTDelhi airport flight delays: The IT ministry checked the situation on Friday morning specifically to rule out a cyber attack, and the civil aviation ministry confirmed that there was no such incident.
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Delhi, Jaipur airports technical glitch LIVE: Multiple airports hit by snag, flights delayed
India | Nov 07, 2025, 07:08 PM ISTDelhi, Mumbai airports technical glitch LIVE: More than 400 flights at the Indira Gandhi International Airport were delayed following a technical issue in the Air Traffic Control system, according to Flightradar24. Flight operations at Mumbai airport have also been affected.
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Air traffic control glitch in London disrupts flight operations across UK, several airports affected
World | Jul 30, 2025, 11:28 PM ISTManchester, Stansted, and East Midlands airports were among those affected by the technical issue with the Air Traffic Control system, resulting in disrupted operations.
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Delta Flight crashes at Toronto Pearson: ATC audio reveals 'aircraft upside down and burning'
World | Feb 18, 2025, 08:03 AM ISTA Delta Air Lines flight overturned while landing at Toronto Pearson Airport, causing panic among passengers. ATC audio captured controllers reporting, "The aircraft is upside down and burning." Emergency responders evacuated all 80 passengers, with multiple injuries reported.
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Fire at under-construction new Air Traffic Control at Madurai airport
Tamil Nadu | Jul 05, 2024, 11:22 PM ISTThe fire was brought under the control and no causalities were reported. The blaze erupted at the new Air Traffic Control at Madurai airport.
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UK air traffic control system back to normal after 'network-wide failure', several flights cancelled
World | Aug 28, 2023, 10:37 PM ISTBritain's National Air Traffic Service said that it has “applied traffic flow restrictions to maintain safety" and engineers are working to resolve the technical issue.
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Bhuj-bound Alliance Air flight drops engine cover at Mumbai airport before take off; probe initiated
India | Feb 09, 2022, 12:05 PM ISTCaptain Amit Singh, an aviation expert, blamed poor maintenance work for the incident.
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Akhilesh Yadav's chopper delayed due to high air traffic: Airport official
Elections | Jan 28, 2022, 08:54 PM ISTAkhilesh Yadav alleged that his helicopter was stopped at Delhi airport without any reason. He reached Delhi by commercial flight from Lucknow and had to travel by helicopter to attend a joint press conference with Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Choudhary on his way to Muzaffarnagar from Delhi.
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When AirAsia India, IndiGo flights came within 8 km of each other over Mumbai
India | Aug 24, 2021, 03:13 PM ISTBy the time the controller realised the situation, the Air Asia India flight had reached 38,008 ft while the IndiGo flight was flying at 38,000 ft.
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With no contact with Chennai ATC, airline pilots are flying blind over Bay of Bengal
India | Jul 06, 2019, 11:31 AM ISTIt is essential for commercial pilots to maintain adequate contact with Air-Traffic Control (ATC). However, signals from Chennai ATC have been week for past few weeks and pilots are forced to fly over Bay of Bengal without any contact with the ATC.
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India gets its C-ATFM: How a centralised air traffic flow management system benefits airports
Jun 23, 2019, 02:47 PM ISTCivil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday inaugurated C-ATFM in Delhi and said it was an "absolute necessity" to ensure higher standards of safety.
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Crashed AirAsia jet's pilots did not get weather report: Reports
World | Jan 05, 2015, 12:12 PM ISTJakarta: AirAsia Indonesia allegedly violated standard procedures which resulted in the pilots of the airline's doomed plane not receiving a required weather report before takeoff, a media report has said citing leaked official documents.The Jakarta
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Air India plane in near-miss as Karachi air traffic control gives incorrect info
India | Mar 13, 2014, 11:55 AM ISTHyderabad: In a mid-air scare, "incorrect" input by Pakistan's air traffic control to a Mumbai-bound Air India Dreamliner plane from London led it to come close to another aircraft, prompting a sharp reaction from India.The
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Chopper That Landed in Ratnigiri Belonged To Global Vectra
India | Oct 09, 2011, 11:09 AM ISTMumbai, Oct 9: The 'mysterious' helicopter that landed in Ratnagiri on Saturday afternoon and suddenly took off belonged to Global Vectra Helicorp, a company belonging to the Vectra group that provides offshore helicopter services to
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Plane Vanished From Radar All Of A Sudden: DGCA
India | May 26, 2011, 12:50 PM ISTFaridabad, May 26 : The civil chartered plane, that crashed here on Wednesday night killing ten people, including all the seven onboard, was in contact with the Air Traffic Control and on the radar before