
New Delhi: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday announced the completion of a pact between the US and India that will allow for the reciprocal certification of aviation products. Dorenda Baker, director of FAA's Aircraft Certification Service, and Bharat Bhushan, director general of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for India, signed the Implementation Procedures for Airworthiness (IPA) on Thursday in New Delhi. These implementing procedures reflect the...

02:44 PM, Nov 17, 2011

New Delhi: The US Aviation Agency FAA has officially removed Dr Akshay Bhalla as their medical examiner from the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA (Federal Aviation Authority) acted after CNN-IBN reported that Dr Bhalla was extorting money from pilots in exchange for the fitness certificate. Dr Bhalla was a DGCA-approved practitioner and was authorised to give pilots seeking a flying permit the mandatory fitness certificate. He was the only doctor ...

11:09 AM, Apr 21, 2011

Phoenix: Flight attendants had just begun to take drink orders when the explosion rocked the cabin. Aboard Southwest Flight 812, Shawna Malvini Redden covered her ears, then felt a brisk wind rush by. Oxygen masks fell, the cabin lost pressure, and Redden, now suddenly lightheaded, fumbled to maneuver the mask in place. Then she prayed. And, instinctively, reached out to the stranger seated next to her in Row 8 as...

08:17 AM, Apr 03, 2011

Bollywood stars including Suneil Shetty, Irfaan Khan and Shavar Ali played the match. ...

04:21 PM, Feb 21, 2010

United Airlines employees claim spotting mysterious, saucer-shaped craft but aviation agency sceptical. ...

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