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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.
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181 pilots tested positive for alcohol during 2015-2018: Aviation Ministry
India | Dec 13, 2018, 05:37 PM ISTA total of 181 pilots of scheduled and non-scheduled operators tested positive for alcohol during 2015-2018, the Civil Aviation Ministry informed Parliament on Thursday.
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Pilot daughter gives unforgettable farewell to 'air hostess' mother on her last flight
India | Aug 01, 2018, 02:31 PM ISTThe daughter witnessed her mother’s retiring day from the flight deck and has been posting about it on her Twitter handle.
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Capt M K Kachru, the pilot of AI flight hijacked to Pak in 1971 passes away
India | Mar 31, 2018, 05:11 PM ISTCapt Kachru was flying an Indian Airlines plane, carrying 26 passengers and a crew of four, from Srinagar to Jammu when two Kashmiris hijacked it and forced him to fly to Lahore.
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Maharashtra government inks Rs 35,000-crore pact with a pilot to build aircraft
India | Feb 20, 2018, 03:21 PM ISTThe dream of a commercial pilot to set up an aircraft manufacturing company is set to take wings with the Maharashtra government on Tuesday signing a Rs 35,000 crore pact with him to build aircraft.
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Video: Mig-29K aircraft goes off runway at Goa airport, catches fire; pilot ejects safely
India | Jan 03, 2018, 01:55 PM ISTA Mig-29K aircraft with an under-trainee pilot went off the runway while taking odd at the Goa Airort today, Indian Navy said.
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Jet Airways sacks expat pilot who assaulted trainer
May 02, 2017, 11:16 PM ISTJet Airways has sacked the foreign pilot who allegedly assaulted a trainer during a simulator training session last month.