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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."
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DGCA suspends pilot for 3 months for wrongly transmitting hijack code
India | Jul 19, 2019, 08:39 PM ISTAviation regulator DGCA Friday suspended an AirAsia India pilot for a period of three months for erroneously transmitting the 'hijack code' to the Air Traffic Services during a Delhi-Srinagar flight on June 9, sources said.
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Vistara pilot issues 'Mayday call' due to low-fuel near Lucknow airport, DGCA grounds him
India | Jul 16, 2019, 11:58 PM ISTAviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday grounded a pilot who issued a 'Mayday' distress call due to low-fuel near Lucknow airport on Monday while operating a Mumbai-Delhi flight.
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Garima Abrol, wife of late Squadron Leader Samir Abrol, to join IAF
India | Jul 16, 2019, 11:16 AM ISTGarima Abrol, wife of Squadron Leader Samir Abrol who was killed earlier this year in Bengaluru while test flying a Mirage 2000 fighter jet, is all set to join the IAF. She has cleared the Services Selection Board (SSB).
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Air India Pilot fails breathalyser test, suspended for three months
India | Jul 15, 2019, 12:52 PM ISTAccording to an ANI report, the pilot was scheduled to fly to Bengaluru from New Delhi on July 13. He requested the airline to accommodate him as an additional crew member.
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Video catches the moment when IAF Jaguar faces a bird-hit in Ambala | Watch
India | Jun 28, 2019, 11:12 PM ISTAn Indian Air Force (IAF) Jaguar aircraft suffered a bird hit in Ambala on Thursday morning. Watch the full video of how the pilot manoeuvres safely after taking the hit.
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IndiGo's Mumbai-Jaipur flight makes emergency landing after oil leak
India | Jun 24, 2019, 10:30 PM ISTJaipur-bound Indigo flight from Mumbai landed under full emergency conditions, an official said.
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Air India pilot says suspended for taking hair growth treatment; moves High Court for relief
India | Jun 03, 2019, 05:57 PM ISTThe incident occurred last year and the pilot has now challenged in the Delhi High Court the DGCA and Civil Aviation Ministry's decisions to suspend him.
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Air India bans entry of pilot accused of sexual harassment in its premises
India | May 21, 2019, 07:27 PM ISTAn Air India pilot accused of sexual harassment has been told that he needs a written permission to enter the airline's offices till an inquiry is over, according to an official document.
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Pilot accused of sexual harassment barred from entering Air India premises
India | May 21, 2019, 04:45 PM ISTAn Air India pilot accused of sexual harassment has been told that he needs a written permission to enter the airline's offices till an inquiry is over, according to an official document.
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Another Air India pilot under scanner over sexual abuse charges
May 21, 2019, 02:58 PM ISTAn anonymous letter from an insider has red-flagged the promotion of Senior Captain D.X. Pais to the post of Executive Director, citing previous cases of alleged sexual harassment against him.
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'Asleep' pilot flies plane for 40 mins from Port Augusta to Adelaide
World | May 10, 2019, 05:18 PM ISTThe ATSB said that the trainee pilot hadn't slept much the night before the flight and had only consumed a chocolate bar, an energy drink and some water. He was flying a solo navigation flight from Port Augusta Airport in South Australia to Parafield Airport outside Adelaide when the incident happened.
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Man held for murder of pilot’s wife; both met through app
May 01, 2019, 08:47 AM ISTDinesh Dixit visited the house many times in the past as well. The prime motive behind the murder was robbery, said police.
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Kerala: 30-year-old man arrested for harassing Delhi-based woman pilot at airport premises
India | Mar 10, 2019, 10:31 AM ISTPolice said the accused had made the comments sitting inside his car and immediately drove away the vehicle. The woman had noted down the car's number.
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India loses MiG 21 Bison fighter jet, pilot missing in action: MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar
India | Feb 27, 2019, 04:00 PM ISTMEA spokesperson confirmed that India had lost one MiG 21 Bison air craft and its pilot was missing in action.