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Air India crash prelim report sparks criticism, debate: ‘Bias toward pilot error, shrouded in secrecy’

New Delhi: Soon after the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) of India came out with its 15-page report on the AI-171 crash, reactions started...

Air India crash spotlights 2018 advisory on Boeing switches installed with locking feature disengaged

According to AAIB's preliminary report on the crash, the 2018 Federal Aviation Administration Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin had highlighted the issue to Boeing as well.

Air India crash preliminary report: A look at what fuel switches are designed to do & built-in safeguards

An Air Line Pilots' Association of India spokesperson says there is little to no room for fuel switches to be cut off inadvertently, 'can’t just be moved or turned off and on by hand'.

DGCA enhances safety inspections of Air India’s Boeing Dreamliner fleet

New Delhi: The DGCA has ordered enhanced safety inspection of Air India’s Boeing 787-8/9 aircraft in the aftermath of Thursday’s crash that killed 241...

This Air India crash eyewitness cheated death by a whisker—’a blast, then a fireball, just 200 m away’

Meghaninagar resident Krish Patani is still in shock. Had the plane crashed in main residential area, many more lives would have been lost, he says.

Almost entire Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet under scrutiny now for defect in tail wing

Improper gaps in small wing in 787 Dreamliner tail could exist in about 900 jets but Boeing says the issue doesn’t pose an immediate hazard.

Man who grounded Dreamliner says ground 737 too

Boeing needs to assure fliers that the 737 Max is 100% safe & until that happens FAA should ground them, says former US transportation secretary Ray LaHood.

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West Asia conflict bolsters Asim Munir’s grip on Pakistan’s power structure

The few anti-Army civilians in Pakistan, who once saw red with the institution over its treatment of Imran Khan, have now reached a consensus — Asim Munir has made Pakistan a global player.

Indian govt says will borrow Rs 8.2 trillion in first-half of next fiscal year

The administration trimmed its gross borrowing program to 16.09 trillion rupees from 17.2 trillion rupees announced in the budget on Feb. 1.

India greenlights procurement of 5 more S-400 air defence systems from Russia

In FY 2025-26, AoN for 55 proposals amounting to Rs 6.73 lakh cr has been accorded by DAC. Both the quantum of AoN given and capital contracts signed, so far, have been the highest in any FY.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.