
New Delhi: The Government on Thursday ruled out disinvestment of Air India saying it is trying to bring the cash strapped national carrier to 'no-profit, no-loss' status. "There is no plan of disinvestment in Air India or to bring an IPO in the near future by the government. As a Civil Aviation Minister my first priority is to bring Air India in no-profit no-loss," Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi said...

03:06 PM, Oct 20, 2011

Bahorok: The bodies of all 18 people who were on board a plane that crashed into the jungle-covered mountains of western Indonesia were recovered from the wreckage on Saturday, an official said. The Spanish-designed CASA C-212 lost contact with air traffic control early on Thursday while flying from North Sumatra to Aceh province. Minutes later, it sent out a distress signal, then dropped off the radar. Rugged, forested terrain and...

02:51 PM, Oct 01, 2011

Kolkata: A Port Blair-Kolkata Air India flight made a priority landing in Sunday after its wind screen developed cracks shortly before touching down, airport sources said. Air India's flight AI-788 with 59 passengers on board took off from Port Blair on scheduled time at 8.15 am. But shortly before landing at the NSC Bose International Airport, the pilots noticed cracks in the wind screen of the plane, the sources said....

02:21 PM, Sep 18, 2011

Mumbai: The failure of the new software being tested at the Mumbai airport delayed only four flights on Sunday morning and the airport is now back to normal, Air Traffic Control officials said. "Four departures from Mumbai were delayed by 15-20 minutes and no arrivals were affected. The Auto Track III, the upgraded system went into "degraded mode of operation" from 3:10 am to 5am," Joint General Manager, Air Traffic...

03:00 PM, Jul 03, 2011

Mumbai: Around 30 flights at the Mumbai airport were cancelled early Thursday morning as the new Air Traffic Control software undergoing test run failed, airport officials said. The Auto Track-III software, the new upgraded software supplied by the US Defence contractor Raytheon failed between 3.15 am and 4.55 am, forcing the Auto Track-II to pull in the back-up system which helped avert major delays and threat to safety, they said....

11:59 AM, Jul 03, 2011

CNN-IBN has accessed the Air Traffic Control conversation with the single engine PC 12 aircraft. Listen in to what happened minutes before the ill-fated air ambulance plummeted. ...

09:09 PM, May 26, 2011

The collision was averted when the pilot of the Jet aircraft noticed the Indigo plane on the runway and aborted landing. ...

05:04 PM, May 27, 2010

The incident came to light after revelation by local media. ...

08:59 AM, Mar 04, 2010

This is the second major instance of a near-collision at Mumbai airport. ...

02:05 PM, May 31, 2009
Mirpur: Bangladesh are in a familiar territory but skipper Shakib Al Hasan is taking nothing for granted ahead of their group B World Cup match against the West Indies. The two-time winners, who last toured the country way back in 2002, suffered a 0-3 whitewash against the same team at home in 2009, when the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) fielded a second-string team following a financial spat with leading...

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