Passengers
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Air India Express passengers stranded at Mumbai airport for want of pilots
India | Jul 13, 2014, 07:21 AM ISTMumbai: As many as 69 passengers of a Doha-bound Air India Express flight from Mumbai are stranded because of non-availability of pilots to operate the aircraft, a passenger said.Air India Express flight IX 243 was
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Railways earnings surge by over 8%during Apr-May
Jun 10, 2014, 06:14 PM ISTNew Delhi:Railways has earned Rs.24,272.45 crore during April and May this year as against Rs.22,445.29 crore during the same period last year, registering an increase of 8.14 per cent. The total earnings from goods during April-May
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Malaysia Airlines asks kin of MH370 passengers to go home
World | May 01, 2014, 08:57 PM ISTKuala Lumpur: Malaysia Airlines today asked distraught relatives of the 227 passengers on board the ill-fated Flight MH370 to go back to the “comfort of their own homes” as the search for the plane could
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Malaysian airline passengers recall three 'scary' hours
India | Apr 22, 2014, 08:03 AM ISTBangalore: Passengers of the Malaysian Airlines plane that had a landing gear snag late Sunday recalled their three hours of scary moments midair on arrival here from Kuala Lumpur on Monday evening.'Those three hours we
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Staff apathy, ticketing goof-up strands 25 Air India passengers
India | Apr 04, 2014, 06:51 AM ISTMumbai: Some clerical goof-ups at the ticketing level and by the ground staff of the national carrier Air India have left 25 Delhi-bound passengers, including two women and a child, stranded at the city airport
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Missing Boeing 777 mystery: why were missing passengers' phones ringing for several hours after mishap?
India | Mar 12, 2014, 04:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: The mystery of the Malaysia Airlines aircraft Boeing 777 has been deepening like an interesting suspense flick.According to the Washington Post, family of some of the 239 people on board the vanished Boeing
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Bengal driver saves 35 passengers from fire on running bus
India | Jan 24, 2014, 03:44 PM ISTKolkata: A bus driver today miraculously saved 35 passengers trapped inside the vehicle while it was going from Kolkata to Durgapur. The mishap took place in Hooghly district on National Highway 2 at around noon.
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Top tricks to kill flight anxiety
Lifestyle | Nov 27, 2013, 05:08 PM ISTNew York: Relaxing on sun-kissed beaches or at lush green destinations may sound exciting, but taking a flight to get there may not be so thrilling. Don't fret as there are ways to get over
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Death toll in AP train mishap at Vizianagaram goes up to 10
India | Nov 03, 2013, 01:11 PM ISTHyderabad: The Rayagada-Vijaywada fast passenger train on Saturday mowed down 10 passengers to death at Vizianagaram station, while they were boarding the 3352 Allepey-Dhanbad Express.Railway sources said, some passengers on Allepey-Dhanbad Express pulled the alarm
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Two women in UK stun passengers by stripping off at Manchester airport (watch video)
World | Nov 02, 2013, 06:52 AM ISTManchester, UK: On 3rd of December two women, Ann Chadwick, 48, and Kelly Hadfield-Hyde, 51, caused an uproar at Manchester airport as they began peeling off clothes when security officers asked them to remove their
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MP court gives death penalty to three for Badwani bus fire that killed 13 passengers
India | Sep 13, 2013, 05:24 PM ISTIndore: The local court in Badwani today gave death sentence to the bus driver, conductor and cleaner for the infamous Badwani bus fire incident in which 15 passengers were burnt to death in 2011.The court
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Thai Airways plane skids off runway, 14 passengers hurt
World | Sep 09, 2013, 09:02 PM ISTBangkok: A Thai Airways Airbus 330-300 skidded off the runway while landing at Bangkok's main airport after its landing gear malfunctioned, the airline said Monday. Fourteen people were injured while evacuating the plane, it said.It
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AC coach train passengers robbed near Jaipur
India | Jun 29, 2013, 03:42 PM ISTJaipur, Jun 29: Unidentified men today allegedly robbed some passengers of the AC coach of a train in Dausa district of Rajasthan, officials said.The incident occurred in the wee hours between Mandawar and Kherli areas
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Screams, smoke, as passengers burnt inside train coach
India | Jul 30, 2012, 04:01 PM ISTChennai, Jul 30: It was a harrowing experience for Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express passengers as they saw people burning inside the ill-fated coach.Chitra, a passenger from Delhi, heard screams for help as her bogie was
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Railway Minister says, passengers, gateman heard blast sound
India | Jul 30, 2012, 04:00 PM ISTKolkata, Jul 30: Railway Minister Mukul Roy today said that some injured passengers and a gateman had heard a loud sound when the S-11 coach of Tamil Nadu Express caught fire, but refused to say
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Be prepared for anything, Air India passengers were told
India | Jul 09, 2012, 10:22 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 9: It was a “scary” experience for 122 passengers on board an Air India plane from Abu Dhabi when it landed at a Pakistani airport early this morning following a “false alarm”
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New Tatkal booking system from Tuesday
India | Jul 09, 2012, 08:52 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 9: Amidst rising complaints about misuse of the railway's Tatkal scheme of booking tickets, a revised scheme with additional measures to check the lacunae will come into effect from tomorrow under which
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Woes for hundreds of Air India passengers, several international flights cancelled
India | May 09, 2012, 09:23 AM ISTNew Delhi/Mumbai/Amritsar, May 9: Hundreds of passengers in several airports across the country bound for foreign trips faced woes as Air India cancelled its international flights after a section of pilots went on a flash
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List of passengers of ill-fated Pak plane
World | Apr 20, 2012, 11:28 PM ISTKarachi, Apr 20: The followig, according to Civil Aviation Authority, Karachi, is the list of passengers on Bhoja Air flight B4213 from Karachi to Islamabad that crashed in Rawalpindi today.
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Balloon Pilot Killed In US, Passengers Are Safe
World | Mar 20, 2012, 09:49 AM ISTAtlanta, Mar 20: As a fierce thunderstorm that seemed to come out of nowhere closed in, hot-air balloon pilot Edward Ristaino spotted an open field 4,000 feet (1,200 meters) below and calmly and tersely warned