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DGCA revises rest time for pilots

The revised flight duty time limitations (FDTL) regulations mandate increased weekly rest periods from 36 hours to 48 hours for flight crew

09 Jan 2024 3:32 AM

Debris piles burn as the LNU Lightning Complex fire burns through the area on August 19, 2020 in Fairfield, California. The LNU Lightning Complex fire is spread over four counties and has burned over 45,000 acres.(AFP)

Lightning-sparked fires in California force thousands out of home

Nearly 11,000 lightning strikes in 3 days have led the country’s firefighters trying to fight off 23 major fires or groups of fires

20 Aug 2020 9:15 AM

Expressing concern over the incident where an Air India (AI) pilot was asked to remove his turban at Madrid airport, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa has written to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar urging him to take up the matter at the international level. (Representational Image)

Sikh Air India pilot forced to remove turban at Madrid airport; SAD writes to Jaishankar

On Tuesday, the SAD leader said he got a call from the AI pilot, who apprised him about his mistreatment by officials at the Madrid airport.

28 Nov 2019 3:21 PM

A pilot accidentally set off a hijack alarm on a plane at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday, triggering a huge security operation by Dutch police. (Representational Image)

Pilot accidentally sets off hijack alarm, triggers chaos at Amsterdam airport

Schiphol is one of Europe's busiest airports, handling more than 70 million passengers a year, according to its website.

07 Nov 2019 1:25 PM

Maharashtra pilot Amol Yadav, who had got a Rs 35,000 crore deal for India's first plane factory last year, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

PM Modi meets Maharashtra pilot who built aircraft from scratch on his terrace

An innovator, Yadav built a six-seater experimental aircraft on the terrace of his home in suburban Mumbai over a period of 19 years.

21 Oct 2019 12:29 PM

Kerala government has decided to bear the training cost of 20-year-old Adam Harry to help him become the country's first transgender airline pilot. (Photo: ANI)

Kerala govt to fund training of Adam Hary to help him become India's first transgender pilot

Hary believes that people belonging to his community should not struggle to fulfill their aspirations as he did.

13 Oct 2019 12:38 PM

Former Defence Pilot and Aviation Expert Vipul Saxena said that a PAN call is given by a pilot to the ATC when he is facing a situation requiring a priority landing at the nearest airfield or destination airfield. (Photo: File)

GoAir pilot sends distresscall to ATC before landing in Kannur airport

‘At GoAir, safety of passengers, crew is of paramount importance. Airline regrets any inconvenience caused to passengers.’ statement said.

11 Sep 2019 6:26 PM

Lakra, who will soon join a private airline as a co-pilot, has achieved this feat after years of hard work. (Photo: ANI)

27-year-old Anupriya Lakra becomes first woman pilot from Odisha's Naxal-Hit Region

At 23, she decided to quit engineering and join the aviation academy to fulfill her dream of becoming a pilot.

10 Sep 2019 9:21 AM

With a passion of becoming a pilot, she quit her engineering studies in Bhubaneswar mid-way and prepared for pilot entrance test in Bhubaneswar. (Photo: Facebook)

23-year old from Odisha becomes first tribal female pilot

The woman from the tribal-dominated district is all set to join a private airline as a co-pilot.

09 Sep 2019 11:05 AM

The DGCA conveyed that all his activities were caught on CCTV camera installed in the examination hall.

DGCA bans pilot for life for Munnabhai-style act

The two pilots were from Thane in Maharashtra and Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.

05 Sep 2019 3:13 AM

More than three decades after he flew his helicopter above the radioactive volcano that was Chernobyl’s nuclear reactor number four, the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident, Mykola Volkozub recalls how he feared for his life. (video screengrab/ YouTube)

‘Nobody is not afraid’: Chernobyl pilot who made 3 flights within 20 minutes

Eyeing up the reactor for the first time in 33 years, Volkozub said he couldn’t recognise it.

16 Aug 2019 7:07 PM

A small plane was landed on a busy stretch of road in Washington on Thursday, shocking commuters. (Photo: AP/ video screengrab)

Small airplane lands on busy highway; halts before red light as police dashcam rolls

No one was injured in the incident, said Johnna Batiste of Washington State Patrol, sharing pictures of the plane and a video of landing.

05 Aug 2019 3:51 PM

Wing commander Tarun Chaudhri became the first pilot of Indian Armed Forces (IAF ) to do a wingsuit jump. (Photo: ANI)

IAF's Tarun Chaudhri becomes first pilot to accomplish wingsuit skydive jump

This is the first flying wingsuit jump demonstration at an organised gathering.

30 Jul 2019 2:03 PM

More than 150 passengers of a Mumbai-bound IndiGo flight from the city survived a scare on Monday evening when the pilot aborted take-off last minute at the Raja Bhoj airport in Bhopal due to some trouble with the aircraft's wheels, an official said. (Photo: File)

IndiGo pilot aborts take off at last minute in Bhopal; creates panic among passengers

An IndiGo airline executive confirmed the incident and said all the passengers were safe.

30 Jul 2019 10:06 AM

The pilot wanted to fly as a passenger from Delhi to Bengaluru. Since the flight was full, he requested to fly in the cockpit as an additional crew member. (Photo: File)

Air India pilot grounded for three months after failing alcohol test

The pilot was deplaned after he failed the test and the matter was reported to the Director General of Civil Aviation.

15 Jul 2019 2:23 PM

An Air India pilot has been grounded for three months after he tested positive in a pre-flight breath analyser (BA) test here on Saturday. (Photo: File)

After failing alcohol test, Air India pilot grounded for 3 months

The pilot was deplaned after he failed the test and the matter was reported to the Director General of Civil Aviation.

15 Jul 2019 1:13 PM

Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani. (Photo: File)

‘Curb sexual offence cases very heavily’: AI CMD after woman pilot files complaint

According to a complaint filed by the female pilot, incident took place on May 5 at Hyderabad where she was being trained by the commander.

17 May 2019 9:44 AM

After the indictment, American Airlines said Martin has been suspended. (Representational Image)

US pilot arrested for triple murder as passengers wait to board plane

More than three years after three homicides in a small town in Kentucky, Christian Richard Martin, an American Airlines pilot, was arrested.

13 May 2019 9:39 AM

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday that the Indian pilot is being released on Friday.

India asks YouTube to take down videos of pilot captured by Pakistan

YouTube has already complied with the Indian government’s order.

01 Mar 2019 11:41 AM

The 42-year-old former serviceman has now made the difficult decision to sell his medals to fund his two sons' education. (Photo: Pixabay)

Pilot who saved 16 lives despite being hit 34 times by Talibans puts medals up for sale for sons' education

Sq Ldr Duncan received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his heroics and was later awarded the Air Force Cross for another mission.

02 Jul 2018 5:03 PM

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