Mid-air scare: Air India’s Singapore-bound flight returns to Delhi; technical snag reported

Mid-air scare: Air India’s Singapore-bound flight returns to Delhi; technical snag reported | India News

NEW DELHI: A Singapore-bound Air India flight carrying around 190 passengers returned to Delhi early Thursday after the aircraft developed a technical issue mid-air.According to PTI, the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, operating flight AI 2380, received an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) fire warning after take-off, prompting the crew to turn back. The aircraft had been airborne…

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'Do not repeat same mistake': Iran's fresh warning to Trump; Air India, IndiGo issue advisory amid airspace closure

‘Do not repeat same mistake’: Iran’s fresh warning to Trump; Air India, IndiGo issue advisory amid airspace closure

Iran on Thursday closed its airspace amid threats from US President Donald Trump over its crackdown on the protests which have rocked the Islamic Republic since the last two weeks.According to Human Rights Activists news agency, more than 2500 people have been killed in the demonstrations. The death toll included over 100 security personnel and…

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Where do we get captains from?’ AI, IndiGo locked in dogfight for pilots amid FDTL fallout; joining bonus up to Rs 50 lakh

Where do we get captains from?’ AI, IndiGo locked in dogfight for pilots amid FDTL fallout; joining bonus up to Rs 50 lakh

Representative image (ANI) NEW DELHI: Call it the IndiGo schedule collapse and its fallout impact. A clamour has broken out between the budget airline and Air India group over having adequate captains to avoid a repeat of what happened under the new safety-enhancing flight duty time limitation (FDTL) rules.IndiGo has had to commit to DGCA…

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Sonakshi Sinha slams airline for 6-hour flight delay, deletes post later: ‘National carrier it seems, do better’ |

Actor Sonakshi Sinha recently voiced her displeasure on social media over a flight delay involving national carrier Air India, though she later deleted the post.On Tuesday, December 16, the actor posted an Instagram story from the airport, stating that her early morning flight had been repeatedly delayed. She said she had reached the airport at…

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Grammy-nominated Anoushka Shankar’s sitar damaged by Air India during transit, airline issues an apology |

Anoushka Shankar, the Grammy-nominated sitar virtuoso, has shared a hopeful update after revealing that her treasured sitar was damaged on an Air India flight. The incident quickly gained attention online and Shankar admitted she was “devastated and truly disturbed” by how the instrument was handled. However, a new video she posted on Thursday suggests that…

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Intense solar radiation risk? Why Airbus pushed an A320 software update — impact on flights, ops explained

Intense solar radiation risk? Why Airbus pushed an A320 software update — impact on flights, ops explained

Airbus has issued an urgent global alert to A320-family operators, instructing them to immediately fix a newly identified software problem that could affect flight-control systems on thousands of aircraft. The directive which takes effect Saturday evening (US Eastern time) was triggered after Airbus determined that “intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning…

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