Mumbai, Jan 2(ANI): Air India Chairman and Managing Director Arvind Jadhav on Saturday said that stricter security measures would be instituted by the national carrier, both at airports and inside aircrafts.
Addressing the media in Mumbai, Jadhav said that he was confident about new security [...]
Jaipur, Dec 28 (ANI): Habib Hussain, who flew back home on Saturday by managing to sneak into an Air India flight from Medina to Jaipur, has been sent to six-days police custody.
Hussain was produced before a Magistrate in Jaipur, who sent him [...]
Jaipur, Dec.27 (ANI): Senior officials of Rajasthan Police have confirmed that investigations are on to ascertain all facts in the case of an Indian who travelled as a stowaway in a flight from Medina (Saudi Arabia) to Jaipur.
Biju George Joseph, Superintendent of Police, Jaipur (East) confirmed this while speaking to the media persons at Jaipur [...]
Jaipur, Dec 27 (IANS) Even as investigating agencies were questioning a man who travelled on an Air India flight from Medina to Jaipur by hiding in a toilet, the local police here said they were planning to file a case of negligence against the airlines.
A police official, speaking on condition he was not named, described [...]
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) A hydraulic trolley carrying food items hit Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s aircraft Thursday leading to a delay in his departure for Copenhagen for the UN climate summit.
Officials in the Prime Minister’s Office said the trolley hit the aircraft while loading food items that resulted in minor damage to the official [...]
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s flight Thursday to Copenhagen where he is expected to attend the UN climate summit has been delayed by a couple of hours due to a minor technical snag.
Officials in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said the Air India flight that was expected to take off at [...]
Kabul/New Delhi, Nov.24 (ANI): The first shipment of Afghan apples for sale in the Indian market – branded the ‘the Silk Road Harvest’ – left Kabul for New Delhi by an Air India Flight on November 11, 2009.
This very special consignment was seen off at a function at the airport by the Afghan Minister [...]
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) has ruled out sexual assault on an air hostess during a mid-air scuffle onboard an Air India flight last month but also noted that the girl was ‘indeed pushed’ during the altercation.
The NCW report was submitted to Civil Aviation Minster Praful Patel and Women [...]
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) has ruled there was no sexual assault on an air hostess during a mid-air scuffle on board an Air India flight last month.
The NCW report was submitted to Civil Aviation Minster Praful Patel and Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Monday. The committee, [...]
New Delhi, Oct 6 (ANI): Air India has suspended a pilot and a crewmember over the mid-air scuffle episode on Tuesday evening.
Air India has suspended Ranbir Arora, the captain of flight IC 884 and flight purser Amit Khanna.
Addressing a press conference, president of Indian Commercial [...]
New Delhi, Oct 6 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) has decided to institute an investigative committee to probe into the charges of molestation levelled by an air hostess against two pilots in an Air India flight on its way from Sharjah to Lucknow last week.
This was revealed by Girija Vyas, Chairperson of [...]
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 5 (IANS) The Congress Monday criticized Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan for blaming Defence Minister A.K. Antony for not arranging a defence aircraft to airlift the bodies of those killed in the Thekkady boat tragedy.
Leader of Opposition Oommen Chandy said Antony had done ‘everything humanely possible to help’.
He was responding to a statement by [...]
Kozhikode (Kerala), Oct 4 (IANS) A rat has possibly done it, again. An Air India flight to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia was held up here Sunday, possibly due to a rat in the aircraft. But an airline official blamed the delay on a technical snag, and said a replacement flight will be made [...]
Amritsar, Sep 26 (IANS) A rat delayed a London-bound Air India flight from the Rajasansi airport here Saturday morning.
Flight AI-187, which was scheduled to depart at 6.30 a.m. Saturday, had not left the airport even three hours later. There were 238 passengers on the flight.
‘A rat entered the aircraft and the staff was searching for [...]
Kolkata, Sep 19 (IANS) A Port Blair bound Air India flight Saturday took off from here, leaving behind 25 passengers with confirmed tickets as the airbus did not have the capacity to provide required seats to them.
‘The incident took place today (Saturday) morning when IC 287 had to take off without 25 passengers. Originally we [...]
Kolkata, Sep 12(ANI): Setting a personal example of austerity, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday travelled from Delhi to Kolkata in economy class of a budget airline.
“It’s nothing new to me. During elections and whenever I travel on commercial flights, I almost [...]
New Delhi, Sep 10(ANI): An Air India flight had to make an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi international airport in the national capital on Thursday, after its pilot reported a technical snag.
According to reports, the AI flight 3307 from [...]
Colombo, Sep.9 (ANI): The Indian cricket team arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport here this afternoon to take part in the tri-nation Compaq Cup one-day international tournament.
A special Air India flight brought the 15-member team from Bangalore after their scheduled Jet Airways flight was cancelled due to a pilots’ strike.
Air India operated the special flight [...]
Mumbai, Sep 5 (ANI): A four-member in-house committee has been set up to probe the Air India fire incident that took place at Mumbai International Airport on Friday.
Nearly 200 passengers were onboard on Riyadh bound Air India flight (AI-829) while the aircraft’s [...]
Mumbai, Sep 5(ANI): The pilots of the Riyadh bound Air India flight (AI-829) whose engine caught fire in the Mumbai International Airport have been de-rostered on Saturday.
According to reports, Director General of Directorate General of Civil [...]
Mumbai, Sep.4 (ANI): A major tragedy was avoided at Mumbai Airport on Friday morning when an emergency was declared after one of the engines of an Air India flight caught fire while getting ready to taxi off the runway.
Reports [...]
Mumbai, Sep.4 (ANI): Aviation experts on Friday said that a fuel leak from the wings of an Air India flight caused one of the engines to catch fire.
Ruling out the possibility of a technical snag leading to the grounding of the aircraft at Mumbai Airport [...]
Mumbai, Sep.4 (ANI): The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered the derostering of the maintenance engineer who was working on Air India flight 829 after it developed a fuel leak.
The DGCA has ordered a detailed probe into the fuel leak from the wings of an Air India [...]
Mumbai, Sep.4 (ANI): At least 21 passengers suffered minor injuries as they were being evacuated from a grounded Air India flight.
The evacuation was done through inflatable slides. What was most shocking was the fact that the evacuation was carried out on the side of the plane where one of its engine’s caught fire.
The news of [...]
