Air India flight diversion: The flight- IX 345 which took off from Karipur airport at around 9:53 am with 176 people, including the crew, onboard landed safely in Kannur at around 11:00 am on September 27 and all the passengers are fine, the source said.
Kerala: The aircraft, after landing at the airport late Wednesday night, was inspected, and nothing amiss was found, source said.
The flight, B737-800 was operating between Abu Dhabi and Calicut
According to the airline's official, plane's Flight Management System (FMS) had developed a technical issue due to which the flight had to return back.
Air India Express flight diverted: The crew checked for any smoke or fire when the burning smell was felt. However, no such thing was found. Despite so, the flight was diverted to Muscat as a precautionary measure.
Three Indian carriers -- SpiceJet, Vistara and Air India Express -- have Boeing 737 aircraft in their fleets. When asked what steps the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is taking following Monday's crash, Kumar told PTI, "Flight safety is serious business and we are closely studying the situation. In the interim, we are focusing on enhanced surveillance of our 737 fleet."
India on Saturday began the evacuation of its citizens from Romania and Hungary -- countries sharing borders with Ukraine -- as the Ukrainian airspace has been closed since February 24 when the military offensive began.
The plane, which also had a crew of six, landed safely at Thiruvananthapuram airport and another flight was arranged for the passengers, including five infants, to travel to Sharjah.
The passenger, identified as A Velmurugan, a native of Nariyapatti village in Pudukottai, was suffering from a variety of health conditions.
Following a fire warning in the Cargo compartment, an Air India Express flight made an emergency landing at Kozhikode in Kerala on Friday.
Official sources said pilot error caused the mishap in which the Boeing aircraft suffered a minor damage on its right wing after it hit an electric pole while taxiing on the runway.
An Air India Express flight, carrying 64 passengers, lost control and met with an accident in Andhra Pradesh today. The flight hit an electric pole on the runway while landing at Vijayawada International Airport in Gannavaram.
Air India Express has informed that the regulatory authorities in Dubai has recommended it to reject RT-PCR test reports for passengers travelling to Dubai from four labs in India. These labs are in Jaipur, Kerala and Delhi. The name of the labs are as followed.
Amid suspension by the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Air India Express on Friday said that all Air India Express flights from or to Dubai will operate as per original schedule starting September 19.
Dubai Civil Aviation Authority on Friday announced that it has temporarily suspended Air India Express for 15 days. Air India Express will remain suspended from September 18 to October 3 for allegedly flying coronavirus positive patients to Dubai twice.
Air India Express said on Wednesday that 85 passengers injured in the plane crash in Kozhikode have been discharged from hospitals after "obtaining complete fitness".
The Air India Express plane that crashed at Kozhikode airport on Friday evening was owned by the airline and was not a leased one, said an airline official.
The ongoing investigation in the Air India Express flight IX-1344 that crash-landed on Friday evening at Calicut (Kozhikode) International Airport is continuing and will take some time before it is completed, Air India Express said in a statement.
Mortal remains of late Captain DV Sathe were brought to Air India Building in Mumbai on August 09.
Air India Express plane with 190 onboard that crashed on Friday evening while attempting landing amid heavy rains at Kerala's Kozhikode airport has so far claimed 18 lives including both the pilots. Here's an account of the first 5 minutes after flight crash-landed at the Kozhikode airport.
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