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Thursday, December 18, 2025
TopicAircraft crash

Topic: aircraft crash

AN-32 has served IAF for 35 years. We can’t turn our back on ageing workhorse now

IAF’s search and rescue teams are in urgent need of modernisation. A nationwide integrated civil/military system with a centralised structure is the way out.

Budgam friendly fire: Should charge of culpable homicide be on the table in the fog of war?

A senior IAF officer and 3 other personnel could be booked for “culpable homicide not amounting to murder” in the February Mi-17 helicopter downing.

Boeing’s damage control over the 737 Max model will cost it billions

Following the Ethiopian Airlines crash, Boeing is working in a systems upgrade for the 737 Max fleet sitting idle across the world, and will also have to compensate airlines for flight disruptions.

This is what happened in the seconds before the Mirage 2000 crashed

Footage from Mirage 2000 crash hints at a possible mechanical issue. IAF studying video obtained from Air Traffic Control in Bengaluru.

Goyal’s budget smartly resists temptation to go overboard on income guarantee

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

IAF Jaguar jet crashes in UP’s Kushinagar district

The IAF pilot safely ejected from the aircraft, which had taken off on a routine mission from the Gorakhpur Air Force Station, before it crashed.

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Can Rs 1,000 cr save Osmania University? It fought for Telangana, was abandoned in return

If anyone is responsible for the deterioration of Osmania University, it is the state. While we could earlier blame the erstwhile Andhra rulers, that excuse no longer applies.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.