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Plane door blows out mid-air, forces emergency landing

An Alaska Airlines flight, carrying 171 passengers and 6 crew members, made an emergency landing on Saturday after one of its doors blew open mid-air. Photographs: X Videos taken by passengers......

Why DGCA Wants Airline Altimeter Upgrades

'We have informed the government multiple times that the situation in the US and India are different.''Here, there will be a 500 MHz gap in the frequencies which will safely allow aviation without......

Pilots Fume as DGCA Moves to Ban Perfumes

DGCA's move seeks to ban perfumes for pilots as they have alcohol and can affect the results of breathanalyser tests. Kindly note the image has only been published for representational purposes.......

US denies cyberattack after snag hits flight system

There is no evidence of a cyberattack, the White House said on Wednesday following hours of grounding of flights in the United States by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) due to a technical......

Hundreds of flights across US grounded due to technical glitch

Hundreds of flights across the United States were grounded on Wednesday morning following a technical failure in the system of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). IMAGE: A woman looks at a......

Flight duty norms revised; pilots to get weekly rest time of 48 hours

In a major relief for pilots in dealing with fatigue, aviation watchdog DGCA on Monday came out with revised norms that increase their weekly rest time to 48 hours and limit the number of landings......

US aviation watchdog likely to maintain highest safety rating for India

A continuation of the highest standard by the FAA will be a relief for Indian airlines especially the Tata group which intends to increase Air India flights on India-US routes. Photograph: Max......

Retraining Spicejet pilots to fly Boeing 737 MAX

It takes only two hours — roughly the time it takes for a plane to fly from Delhi to Mumbai — for a pair of pilots to complete their training on the 737 MAX simulator at Boeing’s......

5G scare: Air India cancels 14 US flights

Air India cancelled 14 flights on India-US routes from Wednesday onwards due to deployment of 5G internet in North America which could interfere with aircraft's navigation systems. Meanwhile, DGCA......

Who should head India's aviation regulator DGCA?

Civil aviation ministry has proposed that deputy director generals and Indian Air Force officers be allowed to apply for the top job. Ahead of two crucial audits, the Ministry of Civil......

Kobe Bryant crash: Investigators requests public's help

The dense fog, and its role in the crash, came under scrutiny on Monday IMAGE: Graffiti and a mural memorialize former NBA star Kobe Bryant, who was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas,......

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Plane door blows out mid-air, forces emergency landing

Why DGCA Wants Airline Altimeter Upgrades

Pilots Fume as DGCA Moves to Ban Perfumes

US denies cyberattack after snag hits flight system

Hundreds of flights across US grounded due to technical glitch

Flight duty norms revised; pilots to get weekly rest time of 48 hours

US aviation watchdog likely to maintain highest safety rating for India

Retraining Spicejet pilots to fly Boeing 737 MAX

5G scare: Air India cancels 14 US flights

Who should head India's aviation regulator DGCA?

Kobe Bryant crash: Investigators requests public's help

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