New Delhi: Dense fog in many parts of North India on Friday affected rail as well as air traffic with 30 trains running late and more than 60 flights delayed. The Patna-Delhi Rajdhani was among the trains delayed, a Northern Railway Spokesperson said Purshottam Express, Vaishali Express and Jansadharan Express were among the mail and express trains running late. On Thursday, 54 trains, including Rajdhani were rescheduled due to fog....
10:59 AM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Government on Thursday ruled out disinvestment of Air India saying it is trying to bring the cash strapped national carrier to 'no-profit, no-loss' status. "There is no plan of disinvestment in Air India or to bring an IPO in the near future by the government. As a Civil Aviation Minister my first priority is to bring Air India in no-profit no-loss," Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi said...
03:06 PM, Oct 20, 2011
Bahorok: The bodies of all 18 people who were on board a plane that crashed into the jungle-covered mountains of western Indonesia were recovered from the wreckage on Saturday, an official said. The Spanish-designed CASA C-212 lost contact with air traffic control early on Thursday while flying from North Sumatra to Aceh province. Minutes later, it sent out a distress signal, then dropped off the radar. Rugged, forested terrain and...
02:51 PM, Oct 01, 2011
Kolkata: A Port Blair-Kolkata Air India flight made a priority landing in Sunday after its wind screen developed cracks shortly before touching down, airport sources said. Air India's flight AI-788 with 59 passengers on board took off from Port Blair on scheduled time at 8.15 am. But shortly before landing at the NSC Bose International Airport, the pilots noticed cracks in the wind screen of the plane, the sources said....
02:21 PM, Sep 18, 2011
Mumbai: The failure of the new software being tested at the Mumbai airport delayed only four flights on Sunday morning and the airport is now back to normal, Air Traffic Control officials said. "Four departures from Mumbai were delayed by 15-20 minutes and no arrivals were affected. The Auto Track III, the upgraded system went into "degraded mode of operation" from 3:10 am to 5am," Joint General Manager, Air Traffic...
03:00 PM, Jul 03, 2011
Mumbai: Around 30 flights at the Mumbai airport were cancelled early Thursday morning as the new Air Traffic Control software undergoing test run failed, airport officials said. The Auto Track-III software, the new upgraded software supplied by the US Defence contractor Raytheon failed between 3.15 am and 4.55 am, forcing the Auto Track-II to pull in the back-up system which helped avert major delays and threat to safety, they said....
11:59 AM, Jul 03, 2011
Santiago: The ash cloud from a Chilean volcano that has been erupting for nearly two weeks has circled the globe and come home again. The returning cloud - which has disrupted flights in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Australia and New Zealand on its around-the-world trip on Friday forced Chilean officials to cancel domestic flights for the first time since the Cordon Caulle volcano began erupting June 4. LAN airlines suspended flights...
09:50 AM, Jun 18, 2011
Buenos Aires: Stiff winds blew ash from a Chilean volcano on Tuesday in a widening arc across Argentina to the capital, grounding most air travel to and from the country for much of the day. Since airborne ash can severely damage jet engines, Aerolineas Argentinas and Austral, the country's state-owned international and domestic airlines, canceled all flights within Argentina as well as to and from other countries. At least six...
08:13 AM, Jun 08, 2011
CNN-IBN has accessed the Air Traffic Control conversation with the single engine PC 12 aircraft. Listen in to what happened minutes before the ill-fated air ambulance plummeted. ...
09:09 PM, May 26, 2011
London: Ash spewing from an Icelandic volcano is causing disruption and days of uncertainty to more parts of Europe, as officials in Germany said that dozens of flight will be grounded on Wednesday because of levels of ash in the country's northern regions. Even though some say it's been a massive overreaction by badly prepared safety regulators one airline even claims the official scientific findings are simply wrong hundreds of...
08:04 AM, May 25, 2011
London: An air traffic controller in the US watched a movie while on duty and he was outed when his microphone was activated resulting in the movie's soundtrack being heard by all planes in the airspace he was supposed to be monitoring, it was reported here. The controller watched the 2007 crime thriller "Cleaner" on a DVD player Sunday at a regional radar centre in Cleveland, Daily Telegraph reported. His...
11:49 AM, Apr 20, 2011
Tripoli: The Libyan government on Friday announced ceasefire with immediate effect, hours after the UN authorised a no-fly zone over Libya and US and allies readied plans for a military action which France said could come "within hours". Speaking in Tripoli, Libyan Foregn Minister Moussa Koussa said, "We will safeguard our citizens and territory." He implored all governments and NGOs to send fact finding missions to Libya to come to...
06:24 PM, Mar 18, 2011
Kolkata: Heavy fog was reported in Kolkata on Friday morning, affecting air traffic in the city. No flights were able to take off or land till the early morning hours. However, flights have now started to run. The maximum temperature in the city was five degrees below normal and Kolkata recorded one of the coldest days in five years. ...
09:35 AM, Jan 14, 2011
Mumbai: Major Indian carriers on Sunday announced the cancellation of their flights to and from London following the closure of London's Heathrow airport due to heavy snow. "Due to persistent bad weather, all flights to and from London Heathrow have been cancelled for Monday. We will resume flight operations Tuesday if the weather is in control," an Air India spokesperson said. Kingfisher Airlines too cancelled all its flights on Sunday....
11:02 PM, Dec 19, 2010
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