Tag: Aircraft
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Arms and the Murk
Dassault operates in a ‘buyer's market‘. The option of the seller is comparatively limited and restricted, as it has to constantly feed and pay heed to the need of its foreign buyers. Customer satisfaction reigns supreme. The seller has to keep foreign clients in good humour, listening and attending to their smallest fads. The most spectacular of all deals is Rafale CEO's ability and steadfastness to stick to the claim ~ ‘I do not tell lies‘ ~ in a turbulent market like that of combat aviation. This is indeed commendable.
December 22, 2018 -
Navy looking at enrolling women as sailors
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also pushed for greater enrolment of women in the Navy in her address to the top naval brass at the Naval Commanders Conference.
November 2, 2018 -
IndiGo deplanes doctor, aviation minister Suresh Prabhu orders probe
Minister of Civil Aviation and Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday ordered a probe into an incident concerning deplaning of a passenger by budget carrier IndiGo after he complained about mosquitoes in the aircraft. “I have ordered an enquiry into the incident of off-loading passenger Dr Saurabh Rai by IndiGo at Lucknow Airport,” Prabhu tweeted. …
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April 10, 2018 -
Aircraft lands at Pakyong airport, creates history
The first fixed-wing aircraft, the Dornier 228 (19-seater) of the Indian Air Force, made a successful landing at the newly constructed Pakyong Airport in Sikkim on Monday. Chief Secretary AK Shrivastava said the trial landing at 3.25 pm was historic and the first such landing of such an aircraft in Sikkim soil. “This was possible …
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March 6, 2018 -
US aircraft carrier to arrive in Vietnam for historic visit
A US Navy aircraft carrier will set anchor in Vietnam on Monday, for the first time since the end of the Vietnam War more than four decades ago, the media reported. The four-day visit by the USS Carl Vinson and its contingent of 5,000 sailors and aviators has been deemed as a historic opportunity to …
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March 4, 2018 -
Commercial plane crashes in southern Iran, killing 66 people
An Iranian commercial plane crashed on Sunday in the mountainous region of southern Iran, killing all 66 people on board, state media reported. An Aseman Airlines ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop used for short-distance regional flying, went down near its destination of the southern Iranian city of Yasuj, some 780 kilometers south of the Iranian capital, …
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February 18, 2018 -
Four killed in mid-air aircraft collision in Germany
A light aircraft and a helicopter on Tuesday collided with each other in the air near the western Germany city of Karlsruhe, killing four people, police said. The police of Karlsruhe said on its Twitter account that it was a collision between a rescue helicopter and a sport plane, reports Xinhua. Rescue workers, firefighters and …
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January 24, 2018 -
Icy poop lands in Gurgaon village, residents make guesses from ‘jaadoo’ to ‘celestial object’!
A rumble in the sky and a loud thud a few seconds later shook villagers in Fazilpur Badli yesterday, leaving them wondering what had happened. Rajbir Yadav was in a wheat field when a “large rock” made its way to the ground, forming a one-foot crater. Was it a missile, a bomb or a meteor? …
January 21, 2018 -
MiG-29 skids off runway in Goa airport, catches fire; pilot safe
A MiG-29K aircraft on a training sortie with under-trainee pilot veered off runway, while taking off at Naval Air Station Hansa, Goa airport on Wednesday. The aircraft had caught fire but the pilot ejected safely, an Indian Navy spokesperson said “A MiG-29K aircraft with under-trainee pilot goes off runway while taking off at Goa airport. …
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January 3, 2018 -
Chinese amphibious aircraft completes maiden flight
China’s first home-grown amphibious aircraft AG600 on Sunday completed its maiden flight in Guangdong province. At 9.39 a.m., the aircraft, code-named “Kunlong”, successfully soared into the sky from the Jinwan Civil Aviation Airport in the city of Zhuhai. The flight lasted about one hour, reports Xinhua news agency. “Its successful maiden flight makes China among …
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December 24, 2017 -
Kannur international airport to be operational by September 2018
Kerala’s fourth international airport, at Kannur, that is expected to serve more than 1.5 million passengers annually, is set to begin trial flight operations in January and become fully operational by September 2018. With the opening of Kannur International Airport Ltd (KIAL), Kerala will be the only state in the country to have four international …
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December 23, 2017 -
Israeli tank, Aircraft hit Gaza after Rocket Fire
The Israeli military said it hit the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers with tank and aircraft fire after Palestinians launched rockets at southern Israel. At least two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip, with the second intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system, the army said yesterday. After the first rocket was fired, the …
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December 12, 2017 -
Bio-vacuum toilets in Indian Railways trains from Jan 2018
Stinking and non-functioning toilets on Indian Railways — one of the world’s largest rail networks — may soon become a thing of the past. The national transporter is upgrading its bio-toilets to imported bio-vacuum toilets — the kind found in aircraft — an official said. The first 100 coaches with the new toilets will be …
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December 8, 2017 -
Meet Indian Navy’s first woman pilot Shubhangi Swaroop
Shubhangi Swaroop, from Uttar Pradesh, who was inducted as the first woman pilot in the Indian Navy on Thursday, will soon be flying Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft. Shubhangi Swaroop is the daughter of a Naval commander. Before Shubhangi, the Navy’s Aviation branch has had women officers operating as air traffic control officers and as ‘observers’ in …
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November 24, 2017 -
US Navy aircraft carrying 11 crashes off Japan
A US Navy aircraft with 11 people on board crashed into the sea off the coast of Japan on Wednesday while on its way to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, military officials said. The Japan-based US 7th Fleet said in a statement that a search and rescue operation had been launched from the carrier. …
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November 22, 2017 -
India to become world’s 3rd largest aviation market: Naidu
The Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu, at the inauguration of the 2nd Aero Expo India 2017 on Thursday, said that India is witnessing a high-growth trajectory and set to become the third-largest aviation market in the world in terms of passengers by 2026. The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati, the …
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November 2, 2017 -
Fighter jets, transport aircraft to land on Lucknow-Agra expressway
A C-130 transport aircraft with special forces commandos and frontline fighters from Indian Air Force (IAF)’s inventory will be part of an exercise to use highways as landing strips next week. On October 24, a patch of Lucknow-Agra Expressway will double up as a landing strip, a part of government’s plan to identify and develop …
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October 21, 2017