Robbers dressed as police and armed with machineguns have stolen 120 parcels of diamonds worth millions of dollars from the runway of Brussels Airport in one of the biggest heists the industry has seen. ...
07:36 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai airport's main runway has been shut for maintenance. Mumbai's main runway will be shut between 9 am and 5 pm till February 7, 2013. Domestic flights from Mumbai will be affected. Over 120 domestic departures have been affected, airport sources said, adding, "by the time the work gets completed, airlines' on-time performances will go for a toss, as the main runway will remain unavailable between 9 am and...
10:40 AM, Nov 30, 2012
Mumbai: Flights in and out of Mumbai airport will be seriously affected over the next two months as the main runway has been shut for upgrading radars and other operational equipment. According to airport sources, over 120 domestic flights have been affected due to this. They further said, "By the time the work gets completed, airlines' on-time performances will go for a toss, as the main runway will remain unavailable...
05:28 PM, Nov 29, 2012
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Minister Shivpal Yadav on Saturday had a miraculous escape when a small plane carrying him skidded off the runway after landing at the IGI airport in Delhi. The incident took place at around 12 noon when the plane skidded off the runway after landing and the nose-wheel got stuck in mud, airport sources said. The plane with six people on board, including Yadav and two pilots,...
02:59 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Mumbai: With the initiative to develop Juhu airport, as a secondary airport gaining momentum, and plans to shift all of the small aircraft operations from Mumbai airport to Juhu on the anvil, it has now been decided that the existing runway will be extended westwards into the Arabian Sea " on stilts. The aviation ministrys decision aims to reduce the burden from the only international airport in the city. Civil...
01:34 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Bangalore: The proposed second runway at the Bangalore International Airport (BIA) is likely to have an adverse impact on the Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots training activities at its Yelahanka airbase here. The IAF and BIA operate in close proximity and the distance between their existing runways is around 5.3 nautical miles (NM), where 1 NM equals to 1.86 km. The proposed runway at the airport will bring them even...
11:56 AM, Jul 16, 2012
Mumbai: While the fate of a controversial study report by certain Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials " recommending shutting down a runway at Juhu aerodrome " rests with the Government of India, MiD DAY has learnt that certain developers attempted to use the information to gain additional height for their proposed projects in the upscale neighbourhood. MiD DAY had reported on Tuesday about the aviation safety department of AAI...
02:36 PM, May 16, 2012
Mumbai: Even as aviation authorities are making a bid to revive the Juhu aerodrome, certain officials, it appears, are taxiing in the opposite direction. MiD DAY is in possession of documents that indicate an unholy nexus between some Airports Authority of India (AAI) bigwigs and the builders lobby, endeavouring to shut down one of the runways at the aerodrome for furtherance of building projects. The records suggest the officials attempted...
01:27 PM, May 15, 2012
BANGALORE: The Bangalore International Airport (BIA) will be closed for seven hours every day from March 11 to April 3 for runway modernisation. As part of protocol, the airport authorities have confirmed that they have informed all airlines and concerned authorities that the airport would not allow any emergency landing during the time.BIA has issued a NOTAM (Notices To Air Men), which specifies that the airport would not be available...
09:08 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Mumbai: Flight operations at the Mumbai Airport, the second busiest in India, will remain shut for five hours on Saturday for its scheduled expansion. The main runway will remain closed from 11:30 hrs to 16:30 hrs for setting up Rapid Exit Taxiway Lights to enhance runway efficiency, said a statement by Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) on Friday. "As part of the schedule closure (1130 hrs to 1630 hrs), there...
12:45 AM, Feb 25, 2012
Mumbai: The flights taking off from Mumbai Airport may face delays over the next four months as its main runway will be shut for constructing a rapid exit taxiway from January 20 until June 1, between 9 am and 5 pm, sources said. Delays of up to 40 minutes are likely as the secondary runway cannot accommodate as many flights as the main runway, they said. "Mumbai International Airport Ltd...
10:54 PM, Jan 14, 2012
Kolkata: 'Runway', the last film of legendary Bangladeshi film director Tareque Masud, who died in a car accident in August, was screened here today at a film festival being organised by the Cine Central. The late director's wife Catherine Masud presented the film before the audience at the seven-day carnival International Forum of New Cinema, held annually under the aegis of the Kolkata Film Festival (KFF). "Tareque is not here...
02:06 PM, Nov 12, 2011
At this time last year, Siddharth Verma was scouring the world for an airplane that could land on water " except in pictures he'd never even seen one. He had just launched Mehair, an aircraft venture that had big plans with small planes. Most of the aircraft were to be amphibians that reach places without runways, but with lakes, rivers or dams. Finding an amphibious seaplane " machines that can...
10:57 AM, Oct 14, 2011
London: It might come as a shocker to many, but supermodel Heidi Klum has been named the most dangerous star on the internet. According to online security company McAfee Inc, fans searching for downloads of the 'Project Runway' judge have a one-in-10 chance of landing on a site that can damage their PC or laptop, reports dailystar.co.uk. "While slightly safer than last year, searching for top celebrities continues to generate...
12:41 PM, Sep 18, 2011
New Delhi: The Airports Authority has finally swung into action to extend the runway safety area at the Calicut airport, days after CNN-IBN aired a report on its safety concerns. Giving temporary relief to serious safety concerns at the Calicut airport, a notice has been issued to provide the minimum Runway End Saftey Area (RESA) of 90 metres. According to the NOTAM (Notice to airmen) issued by the AAI on...
07:42 AM, Sep 06, 2011
Mumbai: After remaining shut for four days, the main runway of the Mumbai airport was on Monday reopened after a team of engineers towed away a Turkish Airways' Airbus 340 aircraft, which got stuck in the mud when it skidded off the tarmac, airport officials said. "The Turkish Airways' plane TK-740 was towed away at 1:17 am," the airport spokesperson told, adding that the runway has been "handed over" to...
07:30 AM, Sep 05, 2011
Mumbai: A massive salvage operation is currently on at Mumbai Airport. More than 100 people are working round the clock to dislodge this Turkish Airlines' Airbus 340 aircraft that has been stuck in mud just off the main runway since it skid off the rapid exit taxiway on early Friday morning. But the aircraft hasn't moved an inch since. What's taking so long? The nose wheel and main landing gear...
09:07 PM, Sep 03, 2011
Mumbai: The main runway of the international airport in Mumbai remained shut for the second day on Saturday as incessant rains hampered the towing away of the Turkish Airline plane stuck in mud near the taxiway. Because of heavy rains, the deadline to make the runway operational has now been extended to Sunday 8 am. Average delays of 45 minutes have been reported in arrivals and up to 1 hour...
05:36 PM, Sep 03, 2011
Mumbai: The main runway of the international airport in Mumbai remained shut on Saturday morning as incessant rains hampered towing away of a Turkish Airline plane stuck in mud near the taxiway, officials said. Continuous rain in the airport area has made the ground near the main runway more slushy, preventing movement of equipment for towing away the stranded plane. Therefore, the main runway is likely to resume operations only...
10:57 AM, Sep 03, 2011
The Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul skidded off a rapid exit taxiway after landing in Mumbai on Friday. ...
08:53 AM, Sep 03, 2011
