Bhubaneswar, Jan 10 (IANS) At least six passengers sustained injuries, one of them seriously, on Saturday after a nine-seater aircraft made an emergency landing in a field about 10 km from the Rourkela airstrip in Odisha, officials confirmed.The IndiaOne Air aircraft operating a regular regional connectivity service from Rourkela to Bhubaneswar, encountered a technical malfunction moments after take-off.The pilot sustained serious injuries and was rushed to the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) Hospita…
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Bhubaneswar, Jan 10 (IANS) At least six people, including four passengers and two crew members, sustained injuries on Saturday after a nine-seater aircraft made an emergency crash landing in a field approximately 10 km from the Rourkela airstrip in Odisha, officials confirmed.The IndiaOne Air aircraft, a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan EX (Registration VT-KSS), was operating a regular regional connectivity flight from Rourkela to Bhubaneswar when it encountered a critical technical malfunction moments …
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) In a bid to allow investigators to analyse the actions of air traffic controllers (ATCs) after an incident or accident, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has recommended the mandatory installation of video recording devices inside ATC towers at all international airports in the country.The move comes following AAIB’s investigation into a runway incident at Delhi airport in November last year, when an aircraft operated by Ariana Afghan Airlines landed on a…
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Low-cost airline IndiGo on Wednesday said that it is fully collaborating and providing requested information to the regulator’s committee, as it faced major operational disruptions earlier this month.The large-scale flight cancellations by IndiGo earlier this month, especially from December 3-5, left tens of thousands of passengers stranded nationwide. The airline cancelled thousands of flights due to poor pilot roster planning and failure to prepare for tighter safety…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Flight and train operations across several parts of the country were severely affected on Monday due to dense fog, with Delhi Airport witnessing large-scale disruptions, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. A total of 128 flights were cancelled at the Delhi airport, including 64 arrivals and 64 departures. In addition, eight flights were diverted, while more than 30 flights were delayed due to poor visibility conditions. Visibility levels at the airport dropped shar…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The 24×7 Passenger Assistance Control Room (PACR) set up in the Ministry of Civil Aviation has resolved more than 13,000 passenger grievances through focused monitoring and expedited interventions since this month, a top official said on Sunday. Expressing satisfaction over the working of the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s PACR Secretary, Samir Kumar Sinha, said that more than 500 call-based interventions have also been undertaken to directly assist passengers during oper…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Air India on Monday said a Mumbai-bound flight returned to Delhi shortly after take-off due to a technical issue.The aircraft landed safely at Delhi and the passengers and crew have disembarked, the airline said in a statement.“The crew operating flight AI887 from Delhi to Mumbai on 22 December decided to return to Delhi shortly after take-off due to a technical issue as per standard operating procedure. The aircraft landed safely at Delhi and the passengers and crew h…