Faridabad: When 20-year-old Rahul Raj was airlifted from Patna his family thought they could save his life. But ironically that was not to be. Rahul Raj had gone into coma after suffering from jaundice. On Wednesday, his doctors advised his family to get him airlifted to the Apollo hospital in Delhi. He was accompanied by his cousin Ratnesh. Rahul's uncle said, "Rahul's father and I boarded the evening flight to ...
04:22 PM, May 26, 2011
Faridabad: When 20-year-old Rahul Raj was airlifted from Patna his family thought they could save his life. But ironically that was not to be. Rahul Raj had gone into coma after suffering from jaundice. On Wednesday, his doctors advised his family to get him airlifted to the Apollo hospital in Delhi. He was accompanied by his cousin Ratnesh. Rahul's uncle said, "Rahul's father and I boarded the evening flight to...
04:22 PM, May 26, 2011
Faridabad: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Thursday started an inquiry into the crash of a small medical ambulance aircraft in a residential area here that left 10 persons including seven on board dead. The DGCA has appointed an inspector of inquiry, who will take charge of all material evidence at the site of the crash including the wreckage of the plane in sector 22 here. A six-member DGCA...
09:39 AM, May 26, 2011
New Delhi: Air India pilots are on strike as a fallout of the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines. While Air India today staring at a loss of over Rs 13,000 crore and the management is struggling to operate daily services, the Civil Aviation Ministry could have saved the national career from this mess. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) believes Air India incurred Rs 10,000 crore...
09:45 PM, May 05, 2011
New Delhi: Air India pilots are on strike as a fallout of the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines. While Air India today staring at a loss of over Rs 13,000 crore and the management is struggling to operate daily services, the Civil Aviation Ministry could have saved the national career from this mess. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) believes Air India incurred Rs 10,000 crore...
09:45 PM, May 05, 2011
Mumbai/New Delhi: There was no end in sight to the strike called by pilots and as always passengers are the one's bearing the brunt. Harried passengers across the country had to either cancel a flight or pay extra for a ticket on a private carrier as the strike called by Air India pilots continues of the second day on Thursday. Razia came to the Delhi airport all the way from ...
09:45 PM, Apr 28, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday slammed the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) which is on strike since Tuesday midnight forcing the national carrier Air India to cancel and reschedule around 100 flights. Pulling up ICPA, Justice Gita Mittal said: "Think properly about what is going on. Sickness, education and many more urgencies are affected by cancellation of flights." The flag carrier had moved a contempt of court...
05:43 PM, Apr 28, 2011
New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Vyalar Ravi on Wednesday welcomed the decision of Delhi High Court to stay the strike by Air India pilots. Ravi slammed the strike calling it the "most irresponsible" decision of the pilots association. "It is not expected from a recognised association," he said. "Sacking of six pilots by management is a right decision. Nobody can dictate terms to the government," the minister also added. He...
05:39 PM, Apr 27, 2011
New Delhi: Heads have started rolling at Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Air Safety director RS Passi is the first top official to be removed from his post after the fake pilot racket came to light. He had allegedly prevailed on SpiceJet to employ his daughter Garima as a pilot though she failed her cadet programme. But Garima could be just the tip of the iceberg. Joint Director General...
07:59 AM, Apr 20, 2011
The disciplinary action was taken after Spicejet wrote to DGCA alleging nepotism on behalf of Passi. ...
08:53 PM, Apr 19, 2011
Civil aviation minister Vyalar Ravi said, "The DGCA is responsible for issuing certificates and pilot licenses". ...
12:56 PM, Apr 19, 2011
New Delhi: The DGCA has stepped in aggressively in the fake pilot scam as one of its top officials, the Director of flight operations RS Passi was removed from his post on Tuesday. The disciplinary action was taken after Spicejet wrote to DGCA alleging nepotism on behalf of Passi. The Spicejet complaint said that RS Passi's daughter Garima Passi got a job as a pilot with Spice Jet under "extraordinary...
09:14 AM, Apr 19, 2011
Director-General of Civil Aviation EK Bharat Bhushan talks on the fake pilot issue. ...
09:49 PM, Mar 25, 2011
Former DGCA Chief Kanu Gohain and Former Air India Executive Director, Communications, Jitendra Bhargava talk to CNN-IBN on the fake pilot controversy and actions being taken. ...
10:32 PM, Mar 16, 2011
Air India has derostered its pilot Arjun Giare, pending an inquiry, for allegedly submitting a forged class 10th marksheet to get his licence. This comes two days after CNN-IBN exposed Arjun Giare. ...
09:27 PM, Mar 16, 2011
New Delhi: Two days after CNN-IBN exposed Air India pilot Arjun Giare, for producing fake papers, the Civil Aviation Ministry on Wednesday set up a committee to revamp the pilot examination system. The committee has been set up to cross verify the genuineness of the certificates submitted by the candidates. The entire examination system will be computerized by September 2011 and the papers will be checked by pilots. The committee...
09:16 PM, Mar 16, 2011
Reacting to CNN-IBN's fake pilot story, Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi said any DGCA insider involved in such incidents will be punished. ...
10:18 PM, Mar 14, 2011
New Delhi: A Malaysian Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to New Delhi, MH 173 made an emergency landing at Indira Gandhi International airport. No harm has been reported to 150 passengers on board. CNN-IBN learnt that just a few minutes before the landing fire engine of the aircraft started blowing and the people got scared thinking a fire had broken out. However, that was not the case. It was a...
05:13 PM, Feb 20, 2011
New Delhi: As India completed 100 years of aviation history on Friday, Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi paid tributes to individuals and institutions which have contributed to the growth of the sector in the country. Inaugurating the Centenary Celebration of Civil Aviation in India, the Minister paid tributes to the pioneers of Indian aviation like JRD Tata, who obtained the first pilot licence issued in India and also founded the...
08:05 PM, Feb 18, 2011
A Rs 42,000 crore deal has been signed for medium multi-role combat aircraft at the Bangalore show. ...
11:38 AM, Feb 09, 2011
