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DGCA suspends licence of helicopter pilot for six months
India | Aug 26, 2022, 06:51 PM ISTA 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.
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Pilot who trained ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi to fly, passes away at 94
India | Dec 15, 2022, 04:40 PM ISTFormer 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.
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DGCA suspends licences of 2 Spicejet pilots for violation of rules in two separate cases
India | Aug 20, 2022, 11:12 AM ISTOn 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.
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Pilot surprises his parents by flying them home to Jaipur. Watch heart-warming video
Trending | Jul 23, 2022, 08:40 AM ISTThe 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.
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Transgender trainee pilot asked to reapply for medical test by DGCA
India | Jul 14, 2022, 11:07 AM ISTTransgender 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.
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'My pilot has gone incoherent': Passenger onboard plane makes plea for help; lands Cessna 280
World | May 12, 2022, 07:55 AM ISTFederal Aviation Administration spokesman Rick Breitenfeldt confirmed that the pilot and passenger were the only two people aboard.
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Kozhikode plane crash: Pilot's non-adherence to SOP probable cause, says probe agency
India | Sep 11, 2021, 09:04 PM ISTThe 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.
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Biman Bangladesh pilot suffers heart attack mid-air, plane makes emergency landing in Nagpur
India | Aug 27, 2021, 04:16 PM ISTThe 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.
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Watch: Senior citizen narrowly escapes death after train in Mumbai applies emergency brakes
News | Jul 18, 2021, 10:22 PM ISTA senior citizen narrowly escaped death after a locomotive train pilot in Mumbai
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Pak's aviation regulator issues show cause notices to 193 pilots following licence scandal
World | Aug 10, 2020, 02:31 PM ISTPakistan's aviation regulator has issued show-cause notices to 193 pilots suspected of having "dubious" flying licence after completing the scrutiny process of 262 pilots in the wake of a major scandal, according to a media report on Monday.
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Bodies of pilot, co-pilot handed over to family members
India | Aug 08, 2020, 11:22 PM ISTThe bodies of the pilot and co-pilot of the Air India Express flight that crashed while attempting to land at the Karipur airport here, were handedover to their families on Saturday.
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68 more Pak pilots suspended for dubious licences
World | Jul 21, 2020, 01:17 PM ISTThe decision about the remaining 73 pilots is expected within the next two days as the aviation division says it is taking all measures/decisions after a "double check".
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15 more Pakistani pilots suspended for dubious licences
World | Jul 18, 2020, 12:47 PM ISTPakistan's Aviation Division has suspended 15 more pilots for having dubious licences, raising the overall tally to 93, as verification continued, it was reported on Saturday.
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AirAsia India cuts pilots' salary by 40 pc for May, June
India | Jun 02, 2020, 07:58 PM ISTAirAsia India has slashed the salary of its pilots by an average 40 per cent for May and June, an airline source said.
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Air India's Delhi-Moscow flight returns midway as ground team realises pilot is COVID-19 +ive
India | May 30, 2020, 03:11 PM ISTAir India flight (AI-1945) from Delhi to Moscow on Saturday returned midway to Delhi after the ground team realised that the pilot is COVID-19 positive. The flight was part of Aviation Ministry's 'Vande Bharat Mission' that are being run to bring back stranded Indians abroad amid COVID-19 outbreak.
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DGCA suspends pilot of AirAsia India flight for runway incursion at Mumbai airport
India | Jan 11, 2020, 06:29 PM ISTAviation regulator DGCA has suspended the pilot-in-command of an AirAsia India flight for three months as he caused a runway incursion incident at Mumbai airport on November 5, a senior official said on Saturday.
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Meet Bihar's Shivangi Swaroop, India's first naval woman pilot
Fyi | Dec 02, 2019, 03:59 PM ISTBorn in Bihar's Muzaffarpur, Shivangi did her schooling from DAV Public school.
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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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Air India pilots' union opposes privatisation; may resort to strike
India | Nov 05, 2019, 09:47 PM ISTThe nearly 800-member strong Indian Commercial Pilots' Association (ICPA), whose members fly narrow-body planes, has decided to work towards bringing all the unions at the airline under a common platform to oppose privatisation of the airline.
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Chinese pilot banned after passenger cockpit photo
World | Nov 05, 2019, 02:56 PM ISTThe post showed the woman making a 'V' sign with her fingers with the photo captioned: "Thanks to the captain. So happy."