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  Air India flight aborts take off in Kochi, MP on board says, 'Felt like flight skid on runway'

  India | August 18, 2025 6:28 IST

  The incident came to light after Congress MP Hibi Eden, who was on board the flight, posted on social media that the aircraft seemed to have skidded on the runway.

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  IndiGo flight carrying 140 passengers makes emergency landing at Kochi airport due to technical snag

  India | November 19, 2024 19:50 IST

  IndiGo confirmed that its flight 6E1127, operating from Bengaluru to Male, reported a technical snag, prompting the diversion of the plane to Kochi airport.

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  Kerala man scheduled to travel London with his family gives bomb threat to Air India flight, caught

  India | June 25, 2024 13:40 IST

  Investigations determined that the call was placed by Suhaib (29), a resident of Kondotty in Malappuram district, who was supposed to board the AI 149 flight to London. Suhaib, accompanied by his wife and daughter, was stopped by airport security personnel at Cochin Airport's international.

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  Bengaluru-bound IndiGo flight receives bomb threat, passengers offloaded at Kochi airport

  India | August 28, 2023 17:50 IST

  The aircraft was later taken to a remote bay for search by the security agencies at the Kochi airport. After thorough checks and investigation, the aircraft was cleared for takeoff.

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  'Thanks to MEA': Kerala sailors, who were detained in Nigeria, return home after nine months

  India | June 10, 2023 23:07 IST

  Kerala: 16 Indian crew members on the ship "MT Heroic Idun" were taken into custody last year in Equatorial Guinea and then in Nigeria for allegedly crossing the international maritime boundary line.

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  Air India cabin staffer held for 'gold' smuggling in Kochi airport

  India | March 09, 2023 13:13 IST

  Air India news: The airline said it has zero tolerance for such behaviour and will be taking stern action against the individual including termination of service following receipt of the report from the investigative authorities.

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  Kochi-bound Air Arabia flight from UAE suffers hydraulic failure, lands safely amid full emergency

  India | July 15, 2022 20:45 IST

  Air Arabia flight malfunction: All 222 passengers and 7 crew members on board are safe, informed Cochin International Airport Authority.

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  Cochin airport launches 'Operation Paravaah' for flood control

  India | July 03, 2021 14:48 IST

  Cochin International Airport Ltd Managing Director S Suhas made the announcement at a review meeting held today.

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  Domestic air passenger arrested in Kochi for refusing to follow norms to check coronavirus spread

  India | March 24, 2020 10:23 IST

  A 54-year-old domestic passenger was arrested at the airport here for allegedly refusing to follow instructions given by doctors for the prevention of the spread of novel coronavirus, police said here on Tuesday.

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  No daytime flight at Kochi airport till March next year due to runway resurfacing work

  India | November 18, 2019 17:56 IST

  The four-month-long runway re-surfacing work at Kochi Airport is set to start on Wednesday and there would be no flights from 10 AM to 6 PM till March 28, 2020.

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  Kochi airport runway to be closed during day from Oct 27

  India | October 25, 2019 19:00 IST

  Several flights from Kerala's Kochi International Airport were rescheduled from October 27 due to the runway resurfacing work being carried out by Cochin International Airport Limited. CIAL has issued new time tables effective October 27 to March 28, 2020.

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  Military aircraft can now use civilian airport in Kochi

  India | August 13, 2019 23:51 IST

  Military aircraft can now use the Cochin International Airport for take-off and landing in accordance with an MoU that was signed with the Indian Navy, defence officials said on Tuesday.  

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  PM Modi hails fully solar-powered Kochi airport; asks high-energy guzzlers to emulate it

  India | June 09, 2019 14:09 IST

  During his brief stopover visit on Saturday, Modi hailed the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) for being the world's first fully solar-powered airport, a statement issued by the CIAL said here on Sunday.

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  A man flying to Abu Dhabi was stopped at airport. Reason will shock you

  India | November 13, 2018 11:43 IST

  Sunil, a resident of Palakkad, had bought a packet of Chinese potatoes from a local farmer which had the reptile in it.

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  Kerala Floods: Cochin International Airport opens after two weeks

  India | August 29, 2018 16:13 IST

  The first aircraft, a domestic flight, touched down at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, airport officials said. Cochin International Airport authorities said that in a day or two, the airport would be functional like earlier.

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  Kerala Floods: Cochin International Airport to reopen on August 29

  India | August 22, 2018 20:35 IST

  The airport was closed on August 15 as it was flooded after various dams in Idukki district opened their sluice gates in the wake of torrential rains.

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  Kerala floods: Death toll rises to 67, Cochin Airport shut till Saturday

  India | August 15, 2018 23:15 IST

  The floodgates of the Idukki dam were reopened late on Tuesday after the water level in the Periyar river and its tributaries flowing through Ernakulam and Thrissur districts rose menacingly.

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  Bizarre: Kochi-bound SpiceJet flight leaves 40 passengers stranded near runway

  India | May 17, 2016 20:17 IST

  Kochi: Airlines have stringent standards when it comes to rules governing passengers’ arrival prior to boarding a flight. Failing to abide by these rules can result in a passenger missing her flight, sometimes with ample

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  Terror alert: Security stepped up in Cochin airport

  India | March 09, 2016 8:05 IST

  In the wake of intelligence inputs that terrorists have sneaked into the country through Gujarat coast, security has been stepped up at Cochin International Airport near here.

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  Kerala actors deplaned from Indigo plane for misbehaviour at Kochi Airport

  India | February 21, 2014 16:06 IST

  Kochi (Kerala): Several Malayalam actors, part of Kerala Strikers cricket team taking part in the Celebrity Cricket League, heading for Hyderabad, were today deplaned from an Indigo aircraft by the captain for alleged misbehaviour. The