The government on Wednesday said it has received multiple financial bids for buying national carrier Air India. Meanwhile, a Tata Sons spokesperson told PTI that it has put in a bid for the airline.
All passengers of the flight have been deplaned, the Raipur Airport Director said.
The plane, which also had a crew of six, landed safely at Thiruvananthapuram airport and another flight was arranged for the passengers, including five infants, to travel to Sharjah.
An Air India flight with Union minister Shobha Karandlaje on-board returned to parking bay before take off due to a technical glitch at the Bengaluru airport on Sunday.
Earlier on Friday, security was increased after a threat call was received to seize the Delhi airport.
In a bizarre incident, an Air India flight aborted its take-off at Delhi airport on Monday after a swarm of ants were found in the business class category.
A programme will be organised at Devi Ahilyabai International Airport to mark the occasion. Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will take part in the event virtually, an airport official said on Tuesday.
The passenger, identified as A Velmurugan, a native of Nariyapatti village in Pudukottai, was suffering from a variety of health conditions.
The tyre burst emitting a loud noise, following which the pilot immediately informed the air traffic controllers, the official said.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday received three copies of Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib at the Delhi airport. An aeroplane carrying three copies of Sikh scripture and 75 people, including 46 Afghanistan Sikhs and Hindus, landed at Delhi airport from Kabul. Besides Puri, Union Minister V Muraleedharan and BJP leader RP Singh were also present at the airport.
Air India is going to start new services between Indore and Dubai that will operate once a week (on Wednesday) currently, the minister said on Twitter.
A total of 168 people including 107 Indians and 23 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, were flown from Kabul to the Hindon airbase near Delhi in a C-17 heavy-lift military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
India has already evacuated 200 people including the Indian envoy and other staffers of its embassy in Kabul in two C-17 heavy-lift transport aircraft of the IAF after the Taliban seized control of Kabul.
Taking the call seriously, the police immediately started the investigation and trying to trace the person. The cops are also in touch with Air India officials.
Senior Air India officials said the Afghanistan airspace has been declared "uncontrolled" by the Kabul airport on Monday.
The Chicago-Delhi flight will land in Sharjah for refuelling purposes, they said. The flight will then leave for Delhi again while avoiding the Afghan airspace.
Two Air India aircraft have been put on standby for emergency evacuations from Kabul.
Officials said AI-243 departed from Delhi at around 12.45 PM (Indian Standard Time) and had to hover for around one hour above the Kabul airport as it did not get permission to land from the air traffic control (ATC). They stated it was not clear what was the reason for the delay in the permission for landing of AI-243.
The Indian government is keeping a close watch as the situation in Kabul is unfolding in the blink of an eye. This comes as the Taliban have seized almost full control in Kabul, awaiting transfer of power from President Ashraf Ghani, who sources say has left the country for Tajikistan.
As crisis deepens in Afghanistan, an Air India flight will return from Kabul to Delhi tonight with a full load of passengers.
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