flight safety

Bangalore, March 24 – A Zero FIR filed in Bangalore alleges a larger criminal conspiracy behind the January 28, 2026, plane crash near Baramati Airport in Maharashtra, which resulted in the death of then Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others.The complaint, filed on March 23 at the...

Lahore, March 20 Pakistan Airport Traffic Control has prevented around 30 passenger aircraft from entering the Iranian war zone over the last two days, thus averting a major disaster, an official said on Friday."Due to severe weather conditions, some 30 Pakistani passenger aircraft were on the...

New Delhi, March 19 An Akasa Air aircraft en route from Phuket to Bengaluru experienced a lightning strike on Wednesday amid adverse weather conditions and later landed safely in Chennai.The flight, operated by a Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, landed safely in Chennai. The aircraft has been grounded...

Mumbai, March 17 NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar met Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Tuesday and requested him to initiate a detailed discussion in the House during the ongoing legislative session regarding the death of his uncle and former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in a plane...

Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu stated that the government is closely monitoring the evolving situation in West Asia and has taken steps to ensure the safety of civil aviation operations. Responding during the question hour in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister said that the DGCA has...

Mumbai, March 2 – Jay Ajit Pawar has strongly criticised the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) preliminary report on the plane crash in which his father, former Deputy Chief Minister and NCP President Ajit Pawar, died, calling the investigation "incomplete and superficial”. He...

Given the evolving situation in West Asia and its potential impact on international air operations, the government has conducted a comprehensive review of preparedness and response measures with all concerned stakeholders. Civil Aviation Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu held a high-level meeting via...

New Delhi, February 24 RedBird Airways stated on Tuesday that there were no defects with the aircraft that crashed in Jharkhand, and the pilots who operated the flight were experienced.A day after the crash of the Beechcraft C90 aircraft, VT-AJV, which was operating as an air ambulance and...

Mumbai, February 18 – Amid a heated controversy over the death of former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Ajit Pawar, his son Jay Pawar demanded a thorough and impartial investigation into the plane crash on Wednesday.Following the fatal crash on January 28 involving a...

Sangli (Maharashtra), February 15 Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Murlidhar Mohol, has refuted a foreign media report about the investigation into the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad last year, stating that the investigation is still ongoing.An Italian daily had claimed that the...

Kolkata, February 14 – A male passenger was arrested at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata on Saturday for allegedly harassing a female co-passenger on a Hanoi-Kolkata flight, police said.According to the complaint, the man, who is from Bihar, was inappropriately...

New Delhi, February 12 The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) said on Thursday that the investigation into the Air India AI171 plane crash last year is still ongoing, and no final conclusions have been reached.Issuing a clarification, AAIB said that media reports suggesting that the...