
Mumbai: There was a scare on Jet Airways' flight 9W 523 from Mumbai to Riyadh on Monday. The flight was asked to return to bay by the ATC just before take-off. Reports say the flight was asked to return to bay after smoke was spotted in one of the engines. The fire was extinguished and the passengers were evacuated. There were around 115 passengers on the flight and all of...

09:40 AM, May 28, 2012

New Delhi: An American national has been arrested at the IGI airport allegedly with 23 live cartridges, which police on Sunday claimed was brought from the United States without any valid documents. Police said no firearms were recovered from Jeffrey Jinnin Worn, who was about to board a Turkish Airlines flight on Saturday. "During security check at the time of boarding, some suspicious items were found in Worn's baggage. It...

03:01 PM, May 27, 2012

CHENNAI: Train passengers bound for Chennai airport from the south of Tamil Nadu may soon be able to alight at the railway station diagonally opposite the aerodrome. Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa has ordered authorities to augment for a stop at Tirusulam Railway Station for express and mail trains, allowing passengers to proceed directly to the city airport. He was addressing the gathering on the occasion of...

08:06 AM, May 22, 2012

Buffalo: An airline pilot was arrested on Friday morning at Buffalo Niagara International Airport after security screeners discovered a loaded revolver in his baggage. Brett Dieter, 52, of Barbersville, Virginia, arrived at the upstate New York airport on Friday to pilot a flight to New York City's LaGuardia International Airport for Piedmont Airlines, a passenger airline that subcontracts under US Airways. While at a security checkpoint, a scan of Dieter's...

07:24 PM, May 19, 2012

New Delhi: Five persons, including three employees of private firms involved in maintenance work, were on Saturday arrested by Customs officials at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport in New Delhi for allegedly smuggling memory cards worth over Rs one crore in two separate cases. Acting on an intelligence input, Air Customs officials arrested Ravi Kumar, a resident of Sonepat in Haryana, with 32,030 memory cards of 2GB and 8GB with...

06:14 PM, May 19, 2012

Kolkata: Passengers of a private airlines' flight bound for NSC Bose International Airport in Kolkata had a providential escape as it tried to land at an under repair runway, but was directed to land on another in the last minute on Friday. A Jet Airways flight from Port Blair at around 3.45 pm tried to land on the out of bounds primary runway, where repair work was on, ATC sources...

12:37 AM, May 19, 2012

Mumbai: Even as aviation authorities are making a bid to revive the Juhu aerodrome, certain officials, it appears, are taxiing in the opposite direction. MiD DAY is in possession of documents that indicate an unholy nexus between some Airports Authority of India (AAI) bigwigs and the builders lobby, endeavouring to shut down one of the runways at the aerodrome for furtherance of building projects. The records suggest the officials attempted...

01:27 PM, May 15, 2012

Chennai: A 28-year-old man jumped out of an Air India plane through the emergency exit shortly before the passengers were to disembark on landing at the international airport in Chennai on Monday. The flight from Dubai landed and passengers were waiting for the aerobridge to be opened when the man managed to open the emergency exit door and jumped out, airport sources said. He ran towards the runway and security...

12:01 PM, May 15, 2012

New Delhi: Air travel is all set to get costlier for those flying in and out of Delhi. The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) has decided to raise the User Development Fee by a whopping 346 per cent. This comes into effect from Tuesday. This means those taking domestic flights will have to shell out anything between Rs 195 to Rs 462 depending on the distance travelled. For international fliers,...

08:41 AM, May 15, 2012

New Delhi: A small Dornier plane belonging to a private company crashed in the mountains of Nepal on Monday morning killing 14 people including 13 Indian pilgrims. The plane belonging to Agni Air had 21 people on board including three crew members. It crashed after hitting a hill top while attempting to land at the Jomsom airport in northern Nepal, said an official at the Rescue Coordination Committee of Tribhuvan...

03:37 PM, May 14, 2012

Kathmandu: Two young Indian girls were lucky to survive the Nepalese airliner crash on Monday near high-altitude Jomsom airport in northern Nepal, being among the six who were rescued alive from the debris of the ill-fated plane. The girls aged 6 and 9 were among three Indian survivors of the crash in which the Dronier aircraft got buried after hitting a mountain peak straddling the airport. "The girls are conscious...

03:01 PM, May 14, 2012

Kathmandu: Thirteen Indians were among the 14 people killed as a Dornier plane crashed in the mountainous northern region of Nepal on Monday. Reports said that there were 16 Indians among the 18 passengers on board the plane. The plane belongs to local airline company Agni Air. Marketing and Administration Director of Agni Air Pramod Pandey said that there were 16 Indians on board. Police official Nareswor Aryal also said...

11:38 AM, May 14, 2012

Kathmandu: Police says a plane with 21 people on board has crashed in Nepal's mountainous north. Police said the plane crashed Monday while trying to land at the Jomsom Airport, a gateway to a popular tourist and trekking area. It belongs to local airline company Agri Air. Police and soldiers have rushed to the area. Details were not immediately available. ...

10:24 AM, May 14, 2012

Ranchi: The condition of Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda, his wife and four others, who suffered injuries when a helicopter carrying them crash-landed at the airport in Rachi, is stable, doctors attending on them said on Thursday. "The condition of the CM and others is stable and improving. We will issue another medical bulletin later in the day," Apollo Hospital Superintendent PD Sinha told in Ranchi. "The doctors are following...

05:22 PM, May 10, 2012

New Delhi: Air travel cost from Delhi would go up from May 15 when higher user development fee (UDF) becomes effective for all domestic and international passengers while departing or arriving at the IGI Airport. The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) had on April 25 decided to raise airport charges, including UDF, by a whopping 346 per cent for two years, with airlines protesting the move and saying they and...

04:53 PM, May 09, 2012