Hyderabad: A SpiceJet flight from Hyderabad to Tirupati returned to the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport just 10 minutes after take off. Reports said that the flight was forced to return to Hyderabad after it encountered a technical snag soon after taking off for Tirupati. Flight had 80 passengers According to a report in the Mint, … Read more
New Delhi: A Chennai-bound British Airways flight with 360 passengers onboard was forced to make an emergency U-turn mid-air due to a sudden technical malfunction on Sunday. Sources said the flight had just reached cruising altitude when it briefly circled in the air before making an emergency landing back at London’s Heathrow Airport. As per … Read more
New Delhi: A British F-35B Lightning II fighter jet made an emergency landing at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on Saturday night. The emergency landing was reportedly carried out as the jet ran low on fuel during a sortie over the Indian Ocean. The aircraft is currently parked at the airport. News agency PTI reported, citing … Read more
New Delhi: Thai airport authorities have said no bomb was found on board the Air India flight that made an emergency landing in Phuket on Friday morning after a threat was reported mid-air. The Delhi-bound aircraft, flight AI 379, took off from Phuket at 9:30 AM local time with 156 passengers. However, it returned to … Read more
New Delhi: A helicopter carrying five pilgrims to the Kedarnath shrine made an emergency landing on a highway in Uttarakhand on Saturday. It developed a technical snag shortly after take-off. The pilot sustained minor injuries but the passengers onboard escaped unhurt. The incident has once again raised serious concerns over the safety of heli services … Read more
New Delhi: An Air India Bengaluru to Delhi flight made an emergency landing at Jaipur airport on Friday reportedly after facing some technical glitch. Pilot came to know about the glitch mid flight after which he sough Air Traffic Control’s (ATC) permission to land in Jaipur. Latest reports suggest that all passengers are safe and … Read more
New Delhi: An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Srinagar faced a terrifying mid-air hailstorm on Wednesday evening, forcing an emergency declaration by the pilot. Despite the severe turbulence, the aircraft landed safely at Srinagar International Airport with all 227 passengers and crew unharmed, the airline confirmed. Flight 6E 2142 encountered sudden and intense weather conditions … Read more
New Delhi: A IndiGo flight from Jaipur to Mumbai landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) on Monday under complete emergency conditions due to a bomb threat, as per reports. The flight arrived in Mumbai at around 8:50 pm and the aircraft was subsequently taken to a remote bay for a meticulous checkup … Read more
Dehradun: After an emergency landing of chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar’s helicopter amid bad weather near Ralam village in Pithoragarh district on 16 October, he was safely rescued by villagers, ITBP and local administration. Being overwhelmed at their efforts, he expressed his gratitude by writing a letter to the residents of Ralam for their hospitality … Read more
Pithoragarh: Chief election commissioner, Rajiv Kumar and Uttarakhand’s additional chief electoral officer, Vijay Kumar Jogdande were rescued from a remote village situated in high-altitude zone of Pithoragarh district and brought to Munsiyari on Thursday morning after 18 hours of emergency landing of his helicopter in Ralam village due to the bad weather. Since Ralam village … Read more