Air France pilot and co-pilot had a dispute shortly after takeoff and grabbed each other by their collars after one apparently hit the other, a report stated.
DGCA removes pilot: As per the Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR), in case the result of the confirmatory drug test is positive for the first time, then the person concerned will be referred to a de-addiction centre by the organisation concerned for de-addiction and rehabilitation.
A senior official at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said the helicopter descended below the desired flight path during the approach to landing on the helideck.
Former top Indian airlines official Capt T.A.Kunjipalu, more popularly known as the pilot who taught Rajiv Gandhi to fly and later cleared him as a pilot, passed away near here on Wednesday, according to family sources.
On May 1, the Boeing B737 aircraft operating flight SG-945 from Mumbai to Durgapur encountered severe turbulence during the descent which resulted in injuries to a few passengers. There were a total of 195 persons on board the aircraft including two pilots and four cabin crew members.
The video with 2.7 million views on Instagram, shows the pilot's parents, who were unaware that it was their son who was going to fly the plane, were baffled and amused to find him in pilot uniform inside the aircraft.
Transgender trainee pilot: The DGCA said it follows the same procedure as that of US aviation regulator FAA when a transgender person -- who is under hormone therapy -- undergoes a medical test for a commercial pilot license.
The trainee pilot was on a solo sortie when he sensed some technical issues in the aircraft.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Rick Breitenfeldt confirmed that the pilot and passenger were the only two people aboard.
2 pilots and 2 cabin-crew members were also suspended for 3 years for failing pre-flight alcohol tests for second time, DGCA informed.
The DGCA's move comes after a 737-800 plane operated by China airline crashed in mountains in southern China killing 132 people on board last month.
Lately, domestic airlines have started to raise pilots' pay as passenger traffic inches closer to pre-Covid levels.
According to police sources, the victim hails from Tamil Nadu. She was training at a Hyderabad-based training institute which also operates from Nagarjuna Sagar.
The crash of Air India Express's B737-800 aircraft happened on August 7 at the Kozhikode airport in Kerala. The plane coming from Dubai had overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport and later broke into pieces.
The Boeing aircraft with 126 passengers on board landed at 11.40 am, the official said. The pilot was admitted to a local hospital, he added.
The DGCA has suspended the flying licence of the plane's pilot, Captain Sayyed Majid Akhtar.
Engine failure in the Khabarovsk Territory in Russia's far east, made a Su-35S crash on Saturday.
A senior citizen narrowly escaped death after a locomotive train pilot in Mumbai
Three pilots were injured after an aircraft crashed in Gandhi Nagar Police Station limits of Bhopal. The injured have been shifted to hospital, Arun Sharma, SHO, Gandhi Nagar informed on Saturday.
Air crew will be monitored for 30 minutes after taking the shot at the COVID-19 vaccination centre itself for any anaphylactic and idiosyncratic reaction.
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