Thiruvananthapuram: The woman pilot of the Air India flight involved in the hijack alarm case on Wednesday stuck to her stand that she was compelled to act as "a hijack-like situation" prevailed with protests by passengers after the Abu Dhabi-Kochi flight was diverted on October 19. The pilot, Rupali Wagmore, who was questioned for about two hours in Thiruvananthapuram, told the Special Investigation Team that three passengers had allegedly barged...
01:27 PM, Nov 07, 2012
New Delhi: M Pradeep struck twice as Air India registered their first full points in this season's I-League with a comfortable 4-2 win over ONGC at Ambedkar Stadium, here Sunday. The kick-off had to be delayed for 45 minutes courtesy a political rally in the capital. But it was worth the wait as Air India produced a scintillating display of football to leave their opponents speechless. Pradeep struck in third...
07:02 PM, Nov 04, 2012
New Delhi: With two major airports in the US reopening after being hit by superstorm Sandy, Air India and Jet Airways on Wednesday announced resumption of their flights to New York and Newark from Thursday. Air India would operate AI-101 Delhi-New York and AI-191 Mumbai-Newark (EWR) flights in the wee hours on Thursday, while Jet Airways would operate its flights 9W-228 and 9W-227 to and from EWR via Brussels, spokespersons...
09:50 PM, Oct 31, 2012
New Delhi: Jet Airways and Air India on Monday cancelled its flights to Newark and New York due to Hurricane Sandy which is set to hit the East Coast of the United States. These are among more than 7,600 flights that have been cancelled across cities on the East Coast due to the hurricane even as millions of people were evacuated from cities that are likely to be affected. Air...
08:20 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Air India on Monday said its Mumbai-Newark and Delhi-New York flights have been "indefinitely delayed" due to Hurricane Sandy which is set to hit the East Coast of the United States. An Air India spokesperson said AI 191 Mumbai-Newark and AI 101 Delhi-New York have been indefinitely delayed due to the hurricane. Passengers have been informed and transit passengers have been provided hotel accommodation in Delhi, the spokesperson...
12:11 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Pune: A Mickey Fernandes own goal gave Mohun Bagan their first win of the season - a much-needed one- in a round III match of the I-League, at the Balewadi Sports Complex stadium, here, on Sunday. What seemed like a clean goal from Bagans Nigerian striker Odafa Okolie initially was later confirmed that it was an own goal by Air Indias Fernandes. The deflection from Fernandes not only handed host...
07:50 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Pune: It's probably going to be the most important match both Air India and Mohun Bagan have played so far this season in the I-League football. Having lost both the matches, the teams will now hope to return to the winning ways when the two meet in a third round match at the Balewadi Stadium, here on Sunday. Both the teams know that if they have to stay in the...
09:59 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Six passengers, whose protests near the cockpit led the pilot of an Air India plane to sound a hijack alert at the airport in Thiruvanathapuram, were on Thursday questioned by police and reported to have contested her complaint that she was threatened by them. As the questioning was underway, a non-Resident Keralites forum Pravasi Sangham staged a protest before a police station near the international airport here for summoning...
09:19 PM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: After beating Mohun Bagan in their last encounter, a confident Prayag United will aim at putting up a dominating show against minnows ONGC in a third round encounter of the I-League on Friday. It's early days in the marathon tournament but "getting the momentum right from the start will be the key" as Prayag coach Sanjay Sen puts it. Having thrashed Air India 5-1 in their opening game...
06:03 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: An Air India woman pilot, who sounded a hijack alert at the airport here after some protesting passengers allegedly tried to force their way into the cockpit, in her police complaint claimed she was threatened with dire consequences. According to the FIR lodged with city police, Commander Rupali Waghmare complained that a passenger even told her he would not hesitate to kill her if anything happened to his six-month-old...
08:08 PM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: Air India employees would again raise the banner of protest by organising rallies and meetings soon, accusing the management of "overlooking their legitimate rights" and delaying payment of back wages and other dues. Though no strike threat has been given, a joint forum of eight Air India unions representing different sections of staff of the national carrier has said they would soon start wearing black badges, take out...
03:39 AM, Oct 21, 2012
The IAC has reportedly formed an ombudsman to probe into allegations against members Anjali Damania, Prashant Bhushan and Mayank Gandhi. The crisis-ridden Kingfisher Airlines on Friday extended its lockout till October 23. Meanwhile, a case was registered against six unidentified persons on Friday in connection with the hijack alarm incident involving an Air India flight at the international airport in Thiruvananthapuram. ...
11:37 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: A case has been registered against six unidentified persons on Friday in connection with the hijack alarm incident involving an Air India flight at the international airport in Thiruvananthapuram. Police said the case was registered based on a complaint by the Abu Dhabi-Kochi bound flight pilot Rupali Waghmare, who sent the hijack alert in panic after agitated passengers allegedly stormed the cockpit. In her complaint, which was sent to...
10:44 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Mumbai: A local court on Friday acquitted 19 persons, accused to have helped get fake passports for the hijackers of the Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in December 1999. In December 1999, Mumbai police's crime branch arrested Abdul Latif, an alleged terrorist, from suburban Jogeshwari and claimed to have recovered an AK-56 rifles, hand grenades and rocket launchers from him. According to police, he confessed to committing a bank robbery for...
10:41 PM, Oct 19, 2012
The IAC has reportedly formed an ombudsman to probe into allegations against members Anjali Damania, Prashant Bhushan and Mayank Gandhi. ...
10:12 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA on Friday asked for recordings of the black box of the Air India Express plane after a high drama unfolded at Thiruvananthapuram when some agitated passengers entered the cockpit, leading its pilot to press the hijack alarm. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked the pilots to appear before it to provide their version of the incident and directed the airline to submit...
08:39 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Angry passengers aboard a Abu Dhabi-Kochi Air India Express flight on Friday triggered high drama at Thiruvananthapuram airport, Kerala. The woman pilot called in a hijack alert after a few passengers allegedly tried to barge into the cockpit. The passengers were upset that the flight had been redirected to Thiruvananthapuram due to bad weather. What followed was almost right out of a movie, with security forces swooping in to...
08:27 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: All the six passengers of the Abu Dhabi-Kochi Air India flight, who were detained at the Kochi airport over a false hijack ruckus on Friday, have been released. High drama unfolded at the international airport in Thiruvananthapuram when the pilot of the Air India flight pressed the hijack button in panic after irate passengers allegedly stormed the cockpit. The passengers allegedly refused to deboard at Thiruvananthapuram, where the flight...
05:11 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Six passengers were detained at the Kochi airport over the false hijack ruckus at the Air India Dubai-Kochi flight on Friday. Passengers alleged that their co-passengers were detained due to a 'false complaint' made by the pilot. The passengers demanded the release of the detained co-passengers. The Air India Express pilot had triggered a false hijack alarm after passengers refused to de-board at Thiruvananthapuram. This came after the flight,...
03:56 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: There was a hijack scare at the Thiruvananthapuram airport after the pilot of the Abu Dhabi-Kochi Air India Express flight rang an emergency flight. This came after the flight, that was supposed to land at Kochi, landed at Thiruvananthapuram because of a technical snag. After landing, the crew asked the passengers to de-board the plane. But the passengers refused to do so and allegedly entered the cockpit. Following this,...
12:09 PM, Oct 19, 2012
