The commission, with military & govt officials, an urban planner & a professor, has 4 weeks to submit a report. It will also review if buildings near the airport, including the school, were legally built.
Running on cannibalised spares and plagued by engine issues, the Jaguar continues to plug critical gaps in the Indian Air Force's stretched squadron strength.
Balwantrai Mehta remains the 1st & only Indian politician to have been killed in wartime action in the subcontinent. Incident unfolded during a particularly volatile phase of 1965 war.
Jeju Air 7C2216, which departed from Bangkok for Muan, belly-landed and overshot the regional airport's runway, exploding into flames after hitting an embankment.
Former CDS General Bipin Rawat died in a helicopter crash in December 2021. The IAF’s initial probe had said ‘spatial disorientation’ of pilot was cause behind fatal accident.
An MV-22B Osprey aircraft carrying 23 Marines crashed then caught fire on Melville Island, Australia. The Marines were taking part in military exercises.
The children, aged 1 through 13, survived a 1 May plane crash that killed their mother and 2 other adults and were found on Friday after weeks of search operations.
A Yeti Airlines aircraft crashed in Pokhara last week killing 68 passengers. For flight operations, Nepal has an almost unrivalled, harsh environment with sudden weather changes.
There were 72 people on the twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft operated by Nepal's Yeti Airlines, including 2 infants, 4 crew members & 10 foreign nationals, said airline spokesman Sudarshan Bartaula.
A low-cost airline, SpiceJet flies on 250 routes, has 214 daily passenger flights, 145 cargo destinations and possesses a fleet size of around 100 planes.
India should have secured greater savings by pressing Russia for prices nearer the cap while sustaining high volumes. This would have preserved strategic autonomy and served economic logic.
One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.
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