The antitrust body’s scrutiny is the latest blow for the airline after India’s aviation regulator imposed a penalty last month, cautioned IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers.
From Sanjay Gandhi in 1980 to Madhavrao Scindia in 2001 and Vijay Rupani in 2025, ThePrint looks at some past air accidents that claimed the lives of public figures in India.
Operator, already under scanner for near-mishap in 2023, attributes Baramati crash to 'pilot's decision', was flying Learjets despite landing gear defect flagged by US aviation watchdog in 2025.
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.
Congress trains guns at Centre, DGCA. Supriya Sule says Centre must issue official statement in Parliament, adds one airline's monopoly not good for any economy, country or business.
Apart from questioning IndiGo, this is the moment to ask why policy and regulation allowed one business model to hold regulators, passengers and the exchequer hostage.
Unlike modern aircraft with their sophisticated systems and computer-mediated controls, the MiG-21 was pure aviation. The connection between the pilot and the machine was magical.
A look at AAIB’s 68 final reports on aircraft accidents shows a pattern of neglect & lapses in responsibility across all levels of airport management as well as regulatory oversight.
Lack of cockpit coordination & pilot disagreements, poor decision-making, lapses in judgement are mentioned among factors contributing to human error & complacency in 46 final reports.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.
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