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  Delta Flight crashes at Toronto Pearson: ATC audio reveals 'aircraft upside down and burning'

  World | February 18, 2025 8:03 IST

  A Delta Air Lines flight overturned while landing at Toronto Pearson Airport, causing panic among passengers. ATC audio captured controllers reporting, "The aircraft is upside down and burning." Emergency responders evacuated all 80 passengers, with multiple injuries reported.

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  IndiGo's Azerbaijan-bound flight takes off without ATC clearance; DGCA probes incident

  India | January 30, 2024 18:07 IST

  The ATC had advised the pilot of the plane to line up and wait, but the aircraft started rolling and took off without waiting for clearance.

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  Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan arrested in connection with army headquarters attack

  World | January 09, 2024 20:18 IST

  Despite the release orders issued in the cipher case on Monday by a special court under the Official Secrets Act, Imran Khan remains in custody due to his arrest in the Toshakhna and the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust scandal.

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  Manipur airport on high alert after unidentified flying object spotted

  India | November 19, 2023 20:06 IST

  Authorities at Manipur airport responded swiftly to the reported UFO sighting, implementing precautionary measures to ensure the safety and security of the airspace and airport facilities.

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  BIG Tragedy averted! Air India-Nepal Airlines planes on collision path mid-air I What happened next

  World | March 27, 2023 6:46 IST

  The Air India aircraft was descending from 19,000 ft while the Nepal Airlines aircraft was flying at an altitude of 15,000 ft at the same location.

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  When AirAsia India, IndiGo flights came within 8 km of each other over Mumbai

  India | August 24, 2021 15:13 IST

  By the time the controller realised the situation, the Air Asia India flight had reached 38,008 ft while the IndiGo flight was flying at 38,000 ft.

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  Aviation minister hands over first DGCA-issued licence to ATC personnel in India

  India | December 30, 2019 21:17 IST

  Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday handed over the first licence issued by the aviation regulator DGCA to Air Traffic Control (ATC) personnel in the country. Till date, the licence to ATC personnel was being given by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) itself.  

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  18 staff at airlines, airports test positive for alcohol: DGCA

  India | November 15, 2019 17:46 IST

  At present, breath analyser test for these personnel is carried out at Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Cochin, Lucknow and Guwahati airports.

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  Delhi Airport to get tallest, most advanced ATC tower next month. Here are the new features

  India | July 28, 2019 12:50 IST

  According to Airports Authority of India Chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra, the migration procedures have already commenced from the old ATC to the new tower and the process is expected to be completed before August 15. At present, AAI which has been mandated to handle the air traffic management services at the airport is running a parallel operation to test the automation and other systems in the new facility.

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  With no contact with Chennai ATC, airline pilots are flying blind over Bay of Bengal

  India | July 06, 2019 11:31 IST

  It is essential for commercial pilots to maintain adequate contact with Air-Traffic Control (ATC). However, signals from Chennai ATC have been week for past few weeks and pilots are forced to fly over Bay of Bengal without any contact with the ATC.

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  India gets its C-ATFM: How a centralised air traffic flow management system benefits airports

  June 23, 2019 14:47 IST

  Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday inaugurated C-ATFM in Delhi and said it was an "absolute necessity" to ensure higher standards of safety.

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  AN-32 pilot's wife was on ATC duty in Jorhat when the aircraft went off the radar

  India | June 06, 2019 21:42 IST

  Sandhya Tanwar was on duty at the IAF's Air Traffic Control in Jorhat, watching as her husband Ashish Tanwar piloted an AN-32 aircraft that took off from the airbase for the thickly forested area of Menchuka in Arunachal Pradesh that fateful Monday afternoon.

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  Multiple warnings, ATC help avert mid-air collision of three foreign airlines planes

  India | December 28, 2018 19:53 IST

    The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has started a probe into the incident.  

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  Jet Airways plane loses ATC contact over Germany, causes scare

  India | February 19, 2017 18:44 IST

  Following the reports of communication failure with the Indian aircraft, the German Air Force scrambled two fighter jets for a Jet Airways flight. “Contact between Jet Airways flight 9W 118, from Mumbai to London Heathrow,

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  Hand grenade, submitted as proof, explodes inside Pakistan anti-terror court

  World | April 11, 2016 19:49 IST

  Karachi: In an unusual incident, a hand grenade submitted as proof in a Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Monday accidentally went off here, injuring three persons. The explosion took place in the court where the judge

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  A drone-like object spotted at IGI airport: Government

  India | December 02, 2015 16:35 IST

  New Delhi: A drone-like object was spotted visually by the Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on October 27, Rajya Sabha was informed today.The incident, near technical area and runway

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  UFO spotted at Delhi airport; Indian Air Force on high alert (Watch Video)

  India | October 31, 2015 20:55 IST

  New Delhi: Indira Gandhi International Airport of Delhi has been put on high alert after an unidentified flying object was spotted at the airport.Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) at the airport are regularly spotting suspicious objects

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  Air India flight makes emergency landing, all aboard safe

  India | July 31, 2015 15:51 IST

  New Delhi:  An Air India flight with around 150 passengers and crew on board made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Friday. All aboard are safe.According to airport sources, the

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  Execution of Pakistani fundamentalist delayed

  World | January 08, 2015 13:12 IST

  Islamabad: The execution of a Pakistani fundamentalist that was scheduled for Thursday was delayed after an agreement was reached between the plaintiff and the defendant.Ikramul Haq of the outlawed sectarian group Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), was

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  Imran Khan ready to go to jail

  World | November 15, 2014 13:48 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said that he would follow the orders of the court and go to jail, a media report said Saturday.“According to the decision of the anti-terrorism court (ATC),