Aircraft
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SpiceJet grounds 3 aircraft citing defects
India | Dec 14, 2019, 01:29 PM ISTAccording to the statement by the company: "During an internal examination of IAI's manufacturing facilities, a potential defect was discovered in the process used to manufacture the 9G rigid barrier installed on these aircraft".
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Plane crashes into water off Welsh coast, pilot missing
World | Nov 26, 2019, 07:19 AM ISTThe British Air Accidents Investigation Branch said it had sent a team "to investigate an accident involving a light aircraft."
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NASA showcases its first all-electric aircraft
Science | Nov 09, 2019, 04:40 PM ISTUnveiled on Friday, the Maxwell is NASA's first crewed X-plane in two decades. It is adapted from Italian Tecnam P2006T aircraft. NASA took delivery of its first all-electric experimental aircraft from Empirical Systems Aerospace (ESAero) of San Luis Obispo, California on October 2
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Boeing forecasts demand for 2,380 new aircraft in India by 2038
Business | Nov 06, 2019, 01:35 PM ISTAs per the CMO, many of the new airplanes will replace aging aircraft and help operators grow their network as India's airplane fleet is projected to quadruple in size to approximately 2,500 aircraft by 2038.
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In largest ever order, IndiGo signs for 300 A320neo family aircraft
Business | Oct 29, 2019, 07:23 PM ISTToulouse – India’s IndiGo has placed a firm order for 300 A320neo Family aircraft. This marks one of Airbus’ largest aircraft orders ever with a single airline operator.
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IAF choppers transport wreckage of pvt aircraft that crashed near Keda
India | Oct 27, 2019, 02:53 PM ISTThe aircraft of UT Air Pvt limited had crashed a few days ago at an altitude of 11,500 ft at the Kedarnath helipad, just short of the holy shrine, IAF officials said.
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Private aircraft makes emergency landing at Kathmandu airport after engine fails
World | Sep 04, 2019, 02:39 PM ISTThe plane made an emergency landing at around 8:45 am in Kathmandu after the pilot reported that an engine on the aircraft had failed, TIA Managing Director Raj Kumar Chhetri said.
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39 incidents of aircraft engine damage in last 4 yrs: Government
India | Jul 17, 2019, 08:42 PM ISTThirty-nine incidents of damage to aircraft engines during flights were reported in the last four years, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday.
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Vistara pilot issues 'Mayday call' due to low-fuel near Lucknow airport, DGCA grounds him
India | Jul 16, 2019, 11:58 PM ISTAviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday grounded a pilot who issued a 'Mayday' distress call due to low-fuel near Lucknow airport on Monday while operating a Mumbai-Delhi flight.
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Missile manufacturer BDL to have Rs 25K crore orders
India | Jul 16, 2019, 03:33 PM ISTBharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), a defence public sector undertaking, will have an order book of Rs 25,000 crore for the next five years, including Rs 8,084 crore orders currently on hand.
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Air India team pulls back stuck SpiceJet plane
India | Jul 03, 2019, 10:56 PM ISTThe Boeing 737 plane of SpiceJet that has been partially stuck on the runway and the nearby grassy area at the city airport since Monday night, has been pulled back from the spot, but has not yet been brought back to the runway, a source said.
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75 flights cancelled at Mumbai airport
India | Jul 03, 2019, 04:43 PM IST"A total of 75 flights have been canceled till late this evening. While 40 arrivals have been canceled by various operators, 35 flights that depart from here are also not being operated due to partial operations," the official said. "Besides cancellations, the operations are going on smoothly."
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Air India Express flight veers off taxiway, all passengers safe
India | Jun 30, 2019, 09:53 PM ISTAll passengers and crew on board the Dubai-Mangalore flight are safe, the airport and the airlines said in separate statements.
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GoAir inducts 50th plane, to add one aircraft each month
Business | Jun 27, 2019, 04:10 PM ISTThe Wadia group-run airline said it is on course to touch the 100-million-passenger-mark over the next two years.
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IndiGo flight from Delhi faces nose wheel steering fault on landing in Mumbai: Officials
India | Jun 23, 2019, 07:39 PM ISTIn an official statement, IndiGo said the landing was as per schedule and the aircraft was towed for further inspection by a technical team.
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India successfully conducts maiden flight test of unmanned scramjet demonstration aircraft
Jun 12, 2019, 04:11 PM ISTIndia successfully conducted the maiden flight test of the indigenously-developed Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) from a base off the Odisha coast on Wednesday.
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Pakistan decides to let PM Modi's plane fly over its airspace to Bishkek
World | Jun 10, 2019, 11:26 PM ISTPakistan on Monday decided in principle to let Prime Minister Narendra Modi's aircraft fly over its airspace to Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan where he has to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit on June 13-14, where his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan would also be present.
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Vistara leases six aircraft from BOC Aviation to accelerate domestic expansion
Business | May 24, 2019, 05:20 PM ISTVistara announced Friday it has leased six aircraft from Singapore-based BOC Aviation to boost its domestic growth and will deploy them to meet the "sudden drop" in capacity in the market.
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IAF aircraft overshoots runway at Mumbai airport
India | May 08, 2019, 12:09 PM ISTDue to the incident, aircraft movement was diverted to the secondary runway, the official of the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) said today.
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World's largest plane successfully completes maiden flight
Business | Apr 14, 2019, 06:52 AM ISTAchieving a maximum speed of 189 miles (302.4 km) per hour, the plane flew for 2.5 hours over the Mojave Desert at altitudes up to 17,000 feet.