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TopicAir India crash

Topic: Air India crash

AI pilot unions demand removal of DGCA chief over ‘amateurish comments’ on Kerala plane crash

Two Air India pilot unions said the remarks on news channels by DGCA chief Arun Kumar reveal his 'total lack of technical knowledge'.

How Malappuram says ‘Vande Bharat’, and Somnath ‘darshan’ by Rajasthan BJP MLAs

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Weather is dismissed as a factor in Kozhikode Air India Express crash

Visibility, precipitation and tailwinds at the Kozhikode airport were within acceptable guidelines for landing on Friday evening.

56 passengers injured in Air India Express plane crash discharged from hospitals

On Saturday, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had said 149 people, including three critically injured, were admitted to hospitals in Kozhikode.

Black box transcripts from Kerala plane crash to be recovered soon, says DGCA

DGCA's Anil Kumar said the initial report said aircraft touchdown 3000 ft overshot the runway. There was a light rain following which aircraft slipped & went down by 10 feet.

Kerala Air India crash was a disaster waiting to happen, say experts, point to runway

The runway in Kozhikode is of the 'tabletop' kind — carved out of hills, such runways are surrounded by deep valleys, which means there’s no room for even the slightest slip-up.

Civil Aviation Minister announces interim relief of Rs 10 lakh for AI plane crash victims

The Kerala govt also announced that it will be giving Rs 10 lakh compensation to the families of those who lost their lives in the crash.

Deepak Sathe, pilot of crashed AI plane, would’ve ensured minimum fatalities, says IAF mate

Captain Deepak Sathe was a former IAF Wing Commander who flew the MiG-21 and was later a test pilot before retiring after 22 years in service. He then became a commercial pilot.

Black box recovered from crashed Air India plane, to be sent to Delhi for investigation

The digital flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder will help in finding the cause of the accident, a DGCA official said.

Cracks on runway, water stagnation — lapses DGCA noted in notice to Kozhikode airport in 2019

The show-cause notice noted cracks and excessive rubber deposits along the runway on which the AI Express plane crashed Friday, killing at least 18 people.

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Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.