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  Singapore-bound flight makes emergency landing at Chennai airport

  India | May 20, 2019 9:23 IST

  The flight landed safely. Nobody was injured in the incident and all 170 passengers were safely disembarked, they said.

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  IndiGo's Kolkata-Chennai plane suffers hydraulic system problem after landing

  India | September 23, 2018 21:36 IST

  The A320 aircraft, which landed from Kolkata in the evening, was towed away as there were some issues with the nose steering wheel.  

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  IndiGo bus with 50 passengers catches fire at Chennai airport

  India | September 21, 2018 10:43 IST

  The bus caught fire when it was nearing the arrival point with about 50 passengers on board.

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  Video of SpiceJet air hostesses accusing airline of strip search goes viral

  Business | March 31, 2018 14:22 IST

  The crew alleged that they were searched after de-boarding on the suspicion that they were swindling cash collected from the sale of food and other items on-board.

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  Chennai airport put on high alert after bomb threat call

  India | March 16, 2018 14:55 IST

  The call was made to an airline operating flights between here and Hyderabad, and security measures have been put in place, officials said.

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  Bengaluru techie falls off bridge in Chennai airport, dies

  India | January 29, 2018 17:23 IST

  The victim hailed from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh and was reportedly working in tech firm Accenture in Bengaluru.

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  Dense fog hits flight operations at Chennai airport

  India | December 12, 2017 15:05 IST

  The fog also resulted in delayed departure and arrival of seven flights this morning, airport officials added.

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  Unbelievable: Thalaivaa Rajinikanth not allowed to board flight at Chennai airport

  Bollywood | February 02, 2016 17:08 IST

  New Delhi: Rajinikanth, the superstar who enjoys God like status in South India, was on Tuesday not allowed to board a flight at the Chennai airport.As per reports, the veteran actor was heading towards Malaysia

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  Domestic passenger flights from Chennai to resume today

  India | December 06, 2015 12:13 IST

  Chennai: The airport authorities here have received requests from national carrier Air India to operate flights on Sunday after the AAI announced day-time operations of passenger flights from the airport."Air India has informed us that

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  Death toll in TN goes upto 269, PM announces addl pkg of Rs 1000-cr

  India | December 03, 2015 18:32 IST

  Chennai: Rain abated in Chennai on Thursday giving relief to people tormented by the heavy downpour in the last three days, but excessive discharge of water last night from Chembarambakkam lake on the outskirts has

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  Chennai airport to remain shut till December 6: AAI

  India | December 03, 2015 0:00 IST

  Chennai: Non-stop torrential rains pounded several parts of Chennai and its suburbs and Puducherry for two days triggering a deluge completely disrupting normal life as army was deployed on Tuesday in two suburban areas to

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  Onward journey of damaged GoAir aircraft remains cancelled

  India | July 11, 2015 10:54 IST

  Chennai: The onward journey of a GoAir aircraft, which suffered damage during docking with an aerobridge, remained cancelled today even as foreign and local engineers were scheduled to attend to the damage.Airport officials said engineers

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  GoAir plane hits aerobridge at Chennai airport, no one hurt

  India | July 10, 2015 22:43 IST

  Chennai:  A GoAir plane carrying 168 passengers from Mumbai today hit an aerobridge after landing at Chennai airport damaging a portion close to its front door but no one was injured.The incident occurred at around

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  AI pilot locks himself up in cockpit after assaulting engineer at Chennai airport

  India | January 17, 2015 14:17 IST

  Chennai: 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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  Gold worth Rs 52 lakh seized at Chennai airport

  India | August 02, 2014 7:32 IST

  Chennai: Gold worth Rs 52 lakh was seized from five persons of Tamil Nadu who had allegedly attempted to smuggle it from Singapore and Bangkok, police said.Ramesh Kumar, who landed from Singapore, and Jagadish, Harish

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  Raju gives 2 week time to spruce up Chennai airport, warns action

  India | July 24, 2014 22:00 IST

  New Delhi: Taking a grim view of complaints regarding poor upkeep of newly-modernised Chennai airport, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju today warned of action against officials showing laxity in work and gave them two

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  For Chennai airport, poor review provokes urgent meet

  India | July 21, 2014 23:30 IST

  Chennai: Taking a grim view of complaints about the poor upkeep of the newly-modernised Chennaiairport, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has called a meeting of senior officers later this week. The move came in

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  Security beefed up at Chennai airport ahead of PM's stopover

  India | June 27, 2014 20:01 IST

  Chennai: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stopover here on June 29 enroute to Sriharikota to witness the launch of PSLV C-23, security has been increased manifold at the city airport, police said today.In view

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  Secondary runway becomes operational at Chennai airport

  India | May 11, 2014 7:35 IST

  Chennai: After various delays owing to a host of reasons including land acquisition, the secondary runway became operational at the airport here with the landing of two flights.The first plane to touch down yesterday was

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  US National Held at Chennai Airport With Ammunition in Baggage

  India | May 07, 2014 9:41 IST

  Chennai: A US citizen, in the country on a tourist visa, was detained on yesterday at Chennai airport after he was allegedly found to be carrying two rounds of ammunition of a pistol.The 49-year old