The preliminary report on Saturday's incident at the Mumbai airport involving IndiGo aircraft is expected to be submitted today, sources said. As many as 140 passengers on board IndiGo flight 6E433 from Chandigarh to Mumbai had a narrow escape on Saturday after the aircraft veered off the runway, damaging some runway lights, after landing at the city's airport. ...
06:42 PM, Mar 10, 2013
A hoax bomb call delayed an Indigo flight on Tuesday morning at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in the capital. Passengers on the Delhi-Patna flight were de-boarded and their luggage taken off the aircraft following the call. ...
03:29 PM, Feb 26, 2013
There was a mid-air scare for passengers on an Indigo Mumbai-Delhi flight on Wednesday. A man allegedly created a ruckus and threatened passengers. He has been identified as Murtaleen Sheikh, a second hand car dealer from Mumbai. One of the passengers on board shot a video in which the man was seen surrounded by other passengers and crew members. Eyewitnesses say he turned violent and even slapped an airhostess. He ...
12:17 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: There was a mid-air scare for passengers on an Indigo Mumbai-Delhi flight on Wednesday. A man allegedly created a ruckus and threatened passengers. He has been identified as Murtaleen Sheikh, a second hand car dealer from Mumbai. One of the passengers on board shot a video in which the man was seen surrounded by other passengers and crew members. Eyewitnesses say he turned violent and even slapped an...
10:39 AM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: A Bangalore-bound Indigo flight, with 168 people on board, had to land soon after taking off from the IGI Airport in New Delhi after the pilot experienced some technical problem. The Indigo plane, airbus 320, took off from New Delhi at around 8:45 pm but had to land after the pilot thought there was some problem with the aircraft's landing gear, sources said. The ATC was alerted and...
10:51 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Kolkata: Indigo Airlines co-promoter Rahul Bhatia on Saturday alleged that the government is "tinkering" with aviation policies for "a select few". "Our principle issue is why is the government tinkering with policies for a select few in the industry," Bhatia, Managing Director of InterGlobe Enterprises Group, said while speaking on the success of Indigo in Kolkata. Claiming his company knew about "artificial competition" from Air India, he said, "But, what...
03:20 AM, Jul 22, 2012
New Delhi: Fourteen pilots and 31 cabin crew members have been found reporting for duty under the influence of alcohol till March this year, civil aviation minister Ajit Singh said on Wednesday. Of the total 14 pilots and 31 cabin crew who failed the pre-flight breath analyser test, a large number of pilots and cabin crew were of Jet Airways, he said in reply to a question in Lok Sabha....
12:24 AM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: No-frills carrier Indigo Airlines on Friday said it will increase frequencies on the domestic and international routes this summer as it adds nine aircraft to its fleet by the year end. Though IndiGo has no plans to expand its international footprint as of now, "this year, we are concentrating on increasing our frequencies in the international and domestic routes in the summer schedule," the airline's President, Aditya Ghosh,...
06:32 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Mumbai: As Kingfisher hits rough weather, it isn't getting any easier for other members of the exclusive club in the Indian skies. The country's six domestic passenger airlines are all fighting for survival and a short-staffed Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) fears financial stress among them could compromise passenger safety. The financial audit report of the regulatory body that concluded just last month says all airlines were slammed for...
08:06 AM, Feb 21, 2012
New Delhi: India's aviation regulator plans to review the massive fleet expansion plans of IndiGo, the country's No 2 airline, after a safety audit found a shortage of trained staff and alleged operational discrepancies, a report by the regulator shows. IndiGo placed an order for 180 Airbus planes worth $16 billion last year in the biggest jet order in commercial aviation history. "Indigo has some rapid growth issues," said the...
11:31 PM, Jan 09, 2012
New Delhi: Another pilot was arrested for using forged documents to acquire a flying on Wednesday. Captain Swaran Singh Talwar was arrested in Delhi. He allegedly forged his marksheets to acquire the airline transport pilot license. Talwar was employed with MDLR airlines. Police had earlier issued a lookout notice for him and two other absconding pilots. Staying with that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has stepped in aggressively...
09:27 AM, Apr 20, 2011
New Delhi: Two more persons, including a pilot, were arrested in Ahmedabad by Delhi Police for allegedly using forged marksheets to procure licence from the country's airline regulator DGCA, taking the total number of arrests in such cases to 11. Hiren Nagar (27), a pilot, and a tout Eknath Patil(46) were arrested from Ahmedabad by a team of Delhi Police's Crime Branch on Monday following the arrest of Abhinav Kaushik...
10:36 AM, Apr 05, 2011
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Notions and assumptions may not always prove right. That is what I thought when I got my first sight of Mumbai - the city of ...
07:44 PM, Mar 15, 2011
Rizwan afflicted with cerebral palsy, was not allowed to board an Indigo Airlines flight to Mumbai in May 4. ...
01:45 PM, May 07, 2010
The police are trying to track the caller who had called the IndiGo call centre. ...
08:06 PM, Aug 12, 2009
The passenger was detained and handed over to Mumbai Police. ...
04:12 PM, Jul 23, 2009
These pics show the main suspect with other passengers inside the plane. ...
11:40 PM, Feb 03, 2009
Three passengers were detained by the Delhi Police for questioning. ...
12:13 PM, Feb 02, 2009
Passengers were held in plane for four hours with no inputs of crisis. ...
12:04 AM, Feb 02, 2009
