At least nine Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel were killed in a mid-air collision of two MI-17 helicopters near Jamnagar Air Force Station in Gujarat on Thursday. ...
07:24 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Kochi: Rijo Eldos, a young computer engineer hailing from Neriamangalam in Idukki district of Kerala, was one of the 153 victims who was on the Nigerian airplane that crashed on Sunday in the densely populated city of Lagos. According to his family in Kochi, Eldos was travelling from Abuja to Lagos to take part in a company meeting. He was working with Reddington Nigeria. The family is hoping that they...
04:24 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Lagos: A commercial airliner crashed into a densely populated neighbourhood in Nigeria's largest city on Sunday, killing all 153 people on board and others on the ground in the worst air disaster in nearly two decades for the troubled nation. The cause of the Dana Air crash remained unknown on Sunday night, as firefighters and police struggled to put out the flames around the wreckage of the Boeing MD83 aircraft....
07:04 AM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to Air India and the Union of India on compensation payable to those who died in Mangalore air crash in 2010. One petitioner, whose son Mohammad Rafi died in the air crash, had approached the apex court saying that he should be given a minimum compensation of Rs 75 lakh. A division bench of Kerala High Court on August 25, 2011...
11:52 AM, Jan 03, 2012
Warsaw: A Boeing airliner from the US carrying 231 people was forced to land on its belly in Warsaw after its landing gear failed to open, triggering sparks and small fires. No one was hurt, but some passengers sobbed as they prayed for a safe landing. Capt Tadeusz Wrona, who handled the descent on Tuesday so smoothly that many on board thought the Boeing 767 had landed on its wheels,...
11:00 AM, Nov 02, 2011
The aircraft, a vintage plane built in the 1950's crashed in a fireball at a show in West Virginia on Saturday. ...
12:33 PM, Sep 18, 2011
Reno: A vintage World War II-era fighter plane plunged into the grandstands on Friday during a popular annual air show, killing at least three people, injuring more than 50 spectators and creating a horrific scene strewn with body parts and smoking debris. The plane, flown by an 80-year-old pilot, spiraled suddenly out of control and appeared to disintegrate upon impact. Bloodied bodies were spread across the area as people tended...
07:52 AM, Sep 17, 2011
New Delhi: A division bench of Kerala High Court on Thursday set aside the verdict of single-judge bench of the same court asking Air India to pay over Rs 75 lakh compensation to families of each of 158 victims of May 2010 Mangalore air crash. Air India on August 12 filed an appeal before the division bench challenging the the July 20 order holding Air India's 'no fault liability' at...
03:28 PM, Aug 25, 2011
New Delhi: The cash-strapped Air India (AI) does not want to pay compensation of Rs 75 lakh to victims of the 2010 Mangalore Air India crash. Air India on Friday appealed against the High Court order despite earlier assurances that there will be no delay in paying compensation. Air India filed an appeal in the division bench of the Kerala High Court after a single bench of the same court...
06:32 PM, Aug 12, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala High Court has ruled that the victims of May 2010 Mangalore air crash that claimed the lives of 158 people will now be entitled to an interim compensation of Rs 75 lakh each. This came on a petition filed by the Mangalore Air Crash Victims Families Association after Air India offered a victim's father Rs 35 lakh as compensation. The association's plea says international norms mandate a...
12:38 PM, Jul 20, 2011
Faridabad: "I thought it was a shooting star only to realise later it was a small plane that was coming crashing down." This was stated by an eyewitness Rahul who felt something was amiss on seeing the night sky outside his home when a dust storm hit the area. "It was around 10.40 pm and there was heavy wind outside. I saw an aircraft, coming from Gurgaon, that was moving...
01:26 AM, May 26, 2011
Washington: The United States has expressed condolences to the families of victims aboard a UN plane that crashed en route to Congo. "We are deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life in the United Nations plane that crashed flying into Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said. "We extend our most sincere condolences to the families of the victims; to the Special Representative...
08:57 AM, Apr 05, 2011
Moscow: Russian officials investigating the plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski placed the blame squarely on the Poles on Wednesday, saying the crew was pressured to land in bad weather by an air force commander who had been drinking. Kaczynski and 95 others, including his wife, died in April 2010 when their plane crashed while trying to land in Smolensk, Russia. There were no survivors. Officials of the...
05:39 PM, Jan 12, 2011
New Delhi: The final report on the crash of the Air India Express plane at Mangalore airport, in which 158 people were killed, has been submitted to the Civil Aviation Ministry. Civil aviation sources have told CNN-IBN that the crash was caused by pilot error. Sources say the report claims pilot Captain Zlatko Glusica slept for over 90 minutes during the flight. The Air India Express IC 812 Boeing 737-800...
08:16 PM, Nov 16, 2010
New Delhi: According to a report of DGCA and Boeing officials probing the crash, it was pilot error that led to the Mangalore crash – India’s worst air tragedy that killed 158 people. The report says that data retrieved from the cockpit voice recorder shows that the captain was on the wrong flight path. Not only that, Captain Zlatko Glusica a British national of Serbian origin also delayed in taking...
07:19 AM, Sep 09, 2010
More than 2 months after the Air India Express aircraft crashed killing more than 150 people, CNN-IBN has got access to the cockpit voice recorder of the aircraft. ...
09:50 AM, Aug 20, 2010
The Airbus A321 crashed into hills overlooking Islamabad during stormy weather on Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board. ...
11:21 AM, Jul 30, 2010
A Kingfisher flight was cleared for landing at a runway where a SpiceJet plane was stationed after a technical fault. ...
07:30 AM, Jun 04, 2010
Civil Aviation Safety Advisory Council has been set up under Director General of Civil Aviation SNA Zaidi. ...
02:57 PM, Jun 03, 2010
In the aftermath of the Mangalore air crash, the DGCA has issued a fresh directive to all airlines. ...
11:03 PM, Jun 02, 2010
