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  Air India decides to procure Airbus A350 aircraft; first plane's delivery likely by March 2023

  India | April 22, 2024 11:57 IST

  Air India has not bought a single aircraft since 2006 when it had placed orders for purchasing 111 aircraft- 68 from the US-based aircraft manufacturer Boeing and 43 from European aircraft manufacturer Airbus.

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  'My pilot has gone incoherent': Passenger onboard plane makes plea for help; lands Cessna 280

  World | May 12, 2022 7:55 IST

  Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Rick Breitenfeldt confirmed that the pilot and passenger were the only two people aboard.

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  Miley Cyrus' plane hit by lightning, forced to make emergency landing; singer shares video

  Celebrities | March 23, 2022 21:10 IST

  Hours before Miley Cyrus jetted off for the Asuncionico festival in Paraguay she was in Bogota, Colombia where she performed at the Movistar Arena. She took to Instagram and posted a video of the lightning strike and photos of the damaged plane.

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  Plane makes emergency landing in New York's LaGuardia Airport after passenger behaves 'suspiciously'

  World | October 10, 2021 8:39 IST

  No injuries were reported following the incident and nothing was found on the plane, according to CBS. The investigation is ongoing.   

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  Russian plane that went missing in Siberia found with all 19 passengers safe

  World | July 16, 2021 19:49 IST

  Russian plane goes missing in Siberia with at least 13 on board

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  Cicadas foil timely takeoff of press plane for Biden UK trip

  World | June 09, 2021 20:41 IST

  The Washington, D.C., area is among the many parts of the country that have been swarmed by Brood X cicadas, a large emergence of the loud 17-yr insects that take to dive-bombing onto moving vehicles and unsuspecting passersby.

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  EU leaders agree on Belarus sanctions, urge all EU-based carriers to avoid flying over Belarus

  World | May 25, 2021 7:00 IST

  The European Union agreed Monday to impose sanctions on Belarus, including banning its airlines from using the airspace and airports of the 27-nation bloc, amid fury over the forced diversion of a passenger jet to arrest an opposition journalist.

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  EXPLAINER: Why a plane’s engine exploded over Denver

  World | February 23, 2021 12:48 IST

  The investigation into an engine explosion on a jetliner taking off from Denver is focusing on a fan blade that appeared to be weakened by wear and tear, a development reminiscent of a fatal failure onboard another plane in 2018.

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  Gold worth Rs 90 lakh seized from two plane passengers

  India | October 07, 2020 20:13 IST

  A total of 2.3 kgs of gold were seized from two passengers who arrived at the Calicut International Airport from Sharjah on Wednesday morning, Customs authorities said.

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  Pakistan forms joint investigation team to probe PIA plane crash

  World | June 13, 2020 11:28 IST

  The Pakistan government has formed a joint investigation team to probe the last month's plane crash in Karachi that killed 98 people. The joint investigation team (JIT) was constituted on Friday

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  Storm Ciara-hit Boeing plane aborts landing after touchdown | Watch

  World | February 11, 2020 11:11 IST

  A Boeing 777 plane had to abort landing seconds after touch down due to storm Ciara after the lift spoilers (the panels that pop up from the top of the wing to kill the wing’s lift & put the weight of the jet on the ground) did not deploy due to strong winds at London's Heathrow Airport.

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  Pakistan spent Rs 34 cr on Balochistan CM's plane repair

  World | December 30, 2019 7:33 IST

  Even as Pakistan is grappling with economic crisis, Rs 34 crore (in Pakistani currency) has been spent to repair the plane of the Chief Minister of the country's Balochistan province, according to media reports.

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  Rs 34 crore spent on a Pakistani CM's plane repair

  World | December 29, 2019 20:25 IST

  Even as Pakistan is grappling with an economic crisis, Rs 34 crore (in Pakistani currency) has been spent to repair the plane of the Chief Minister of the country's Balochistan province, according to media reports.  

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  Pilots treated to cherry pie for safely landing Putin's plane

  World | December 03, 2019 13:00 IST

  The pilots from the Rossiya Special Flight Unit managed to safely land the presidential plane amid dense fog on November 28 in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz capital, where Putin had arrived to attend the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit.

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  Prefer to provide free rides to women, instead of buying new plane: Kejriwal

  India | November 18, 2019 7:51 IST

  Taking a veiled dig at his Gujarat counterpart Vijay Rupani, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that instead of buying a Rs 191 crore-plane for himself he preferred to provide free ride to women in public transport buses.

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  Trainer plane skids off runway in Amethi, catches fire; pilot jumps

  India | October 21, 2019 23:31 IST

  A trainer aircraft on Monday skidded off the runway while landing at the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA) in Fursatganj of Uttar Pradesh's Amethi. The pilot jumped off the aircraft to save himself, sources said.  

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  Video: Small plane makes emergency landing on federal highway in Florida, USA

  World | August 24, 2019 8:06 IST

  Authorities say three people aboard the plane escaped without injuries when it landed on the Federal Highway, in Hobe Sound, Florida.

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  Video captures plane landing on busy Washington road

  World | August 02, 2019 21:10 IST

  The Washington State Patrol says the single-prop KR2 aircraft landed at about 8:15 a.m. Thursday on State Route 7 in Parkland.

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  Check in at airports will soon be a one-minute process; PM Modi's project positive

  India | July 23, 2019 8:13 IST

  ​If all goes well with PM Modi's dream project of DIGI Yatra, passengers travelling by air will take only a couple of minutes to board a flight across India. The airports would boast of hi-tech body scanners, facial recognition technology and cutting edge identity management system to simplify passenger processes at various checkpoints in less than a minute.

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  Passenger says she woke up to find herself forgotten on empty Air Canada plane

  World | June 24, 2019 16:51 IST

  Tiffani Adams said she fell asleep while flying from Quebec to Toronto on June 9. When she woke up, she was freezing cold and still buckled into her seat, but the aircraft was parked after the 90-minute flight.