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PM Narendra Modi's flight diverted to Jaipur due to bad Weather
India | May 30, 2016, 07:43 AM ISTJaipur: Bad weather in Delhi tonightforced Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plane to take a detourto Jaipur while it was flying from Karnataka to the National Capital. Modi was his way back home from Karnataka where
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Manchester-bound Ryanair plane evacuated over 'bomb threat'
World | May 16, 2016, 09:15 AM ISTStockholm: A Ryanair plane headed for Manchester, Britain, was evacuated before takeoff due to a bomb scare at Rygge airport outside Oslo, police said. The plane was evacuated Sunday due to the “suspicious behaviour” of
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Defunct Air India's aircraft crashes in Hyderabad
India | Apr 10, 2016, 02:24 PM ISTHyderabad: A training aircraft of Air India collapsed and suffered partial damage while being shifted by a crane from Begumpet airport to a training institute here today. The aircraft (Airbus A-320 model) belonging to
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British Muslim family stopped from boarding flight to US
World | Dec 23, 2015, 06:47 PM ISTLondon: British Muslim family heading to Disneyland was barred from boarding a flight to Los Angeles by US authorities at Gatwick airport here, prompting a lawmaker to seek Prime Minister David Cameron's intervention into the
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Turkey to hand over pilot's body to Moscow
World | Nov 29, 2015, 06:06 PM ISTAnkara: The body of the pilot of the downed Russian plane will be handed over to Moscow, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Sunday.The body of the Russian will be prepared in accordance with
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Russia confirms its warplane shot down by Turkey
World | Nov 24, 2015, 07:32 PM ISTAnkara: Amidst the war on dreaded terrorist organisation Islamic State in Syria, NATO ally Turkey today shot down a Russian Su-24 warplaneTurkish defence authorities have said that its airspace was violated and ignored repeated warnings.
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Relatives torn over possible 1st debris from missing MH370
World | Jul 30, 2015, 03:54 PM ISTKuala Lampur, Malaysia: Jacquita Gomes is torn about whether to believe that plane debris found more than 16 months after the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is the first concrete evidence that her
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China manufactures first electric plane
World | Jun 19, 2015, 12:46 PM ISTBeijing: Chinese authorities have manufactured the world's first electric plane, a media report said on Friday.The "BX1E" has a 14.5-metre wingspan and a maximum payload of 230 kg. It can fly at an altitude of
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Plane crash on Mexican highway leaves five dead
World | Jun 03, 2015, 07:58 AM ISTMexico City: Five people were killed after a small plane crashed on a highway in Mexico, officials said.The aircraft crashed onto a highway connecting the country's capital Mexico City with the central state of Queretaro,
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Disaster averted, narrow escape for Delhi Daredevils team
Cricket | May 08, 2015, 10:36 PM ISTMumbai: A Raipur-bound IndiGo plane from Kolkata carrying 167 passengers, including the Delhi Daredevils IPL team, vacated the runway in the "nick of time" as another flight, a Jet Airways plane from Mumbai had landed
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A revolutionary scanner that can examine an entire plane
Apr 28, 2015, 12:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: A device has been created that can scan an entire plane for contraband, bombs and weapons in one go.Romanian company MB Telecom has come out with this revolutionary idea -Roboscan 2M Aeria which
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Panic grips flight passengers as fresh tremors rock Nepal
India | Apr 26, 2015, 05:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: Panic and anxiety gripped passengers, mostly Nepali citizens, on board a SpiceJet flight that had to return to Delhi halfway from Kathmandu after fresh tremors in the Himalayan country on Sunday forced the
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Indian Air Force plane brings back 55 stranded Indians
India | Apr 26, 2015, 09:32 AM ISTNew Delhi/Kathmandu: An Indian Air Force aircraft tonight brought back 55 stranded Indians, including four infants, from the earthquake-hit Nepal. The aircraft C-130J, which had earlier flown National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) members and relief
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An airline's CEO unique solution to avoid tragedies: Get married!
World | Apr 21, 2015, 06:52 PM ISTTemel Kotil, the CEO of Turkish Airlines, is making headlines by recommending marriage as the best way to avoid future murder-suicide plane crashes. The CEO has urged all single pilots to get married and has
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Asiana passenger plane skids off runway in Japan, 22 injured
World | Apr 15, 2015, 09:37 AM ISTOsaka: A passenger plane of South Korea's Asiana Airlines skidded off the runway when landing at the Hiroshima Airport in Japan late Tuesday, leaving at least 22 people slightly injured.The Airbus A320 ran halfway through
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Germanwings plane evacuated after bomb threat
World | Apr 13, 2015, 08:00 AM ISTBerlin: The threat against flight 826 to Milan's Malpensa airport was received Sunday evening. The tower in Cologne alerted the pilot of the Airbus A320, which was taxiing toward the runway at the time, Germanwings
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Indian Air Force plane reaches Djibouti to bring back Indians
India | Apr 01, 2015, 01:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government on Wednesday said that an Indian Air Force transport aircraft has reached Djibouti to bring back Indians who are on way to the African nation after they were evacuated from neighbouring
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GermanWings Crash: Prosecutor says co-pilot purposely crashed plane
World | Mar 26, 2015, 06:25 PM ISTMarseille prosecutor Brice Robin says pounding could be heard on the door during the final minutes as alarms sounded. He said the co-pilot "voluntarily" refused to open the door, and his breathing was normal throughout
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Searchers resume hunt for bodies from AirAsia jet
World | Dec 31, 2014, 08:58 AM ISTPangkalan Bun, Indonesia : A massive hunt for the 162 victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 resumed in the Java Sea on Wednesday, focusing on an area of the aqua-colored waters where the first bodies and
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AirAsia plane has tire problem in Philippines
World | Dec 29, 2014, 02:16 PM ISTManila, Philippines: An AirAsia Zest plane with 184 people on board developed a tire problem in the central Philippine city of Tagbilaran, prompting the airline, which is partly owned by AirAsia Philippines, to cancel the