Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on Thursday confirmed that five LCA Mk1a fighter jets are fully ready and an additional nine aircraft have already been built and flown.
Commissioned into the Indian Navy in 1987, the Flag Officer holds a postgraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MPhil in Defence and Strategic Studies.
Panic spread at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport when a passenger aboard an Akasa Air flight allegedly tried to open the aircraft’s emergency exit before its takeoff. The accused passenger was detained and handed over to the police for interrogation.
A security threat was noticed in a Delhi-bound IndiGo flight from Mumbai on Tuesday, an IndiGo spokesperson said. The aircraft was cleared for flight after necessary security checks.
A 13-year-old Afghan boy accomplished what should have been impossible: surviving a flight from Kabul to Delhi by hiding in the landing-gear compartment of a commercial aircraft.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday asked operators of Boeing 737 aircraft with a specific rudder part to not use the planes for low-visibility landings.
The aim of the drills is to assess the combat readiness of the Russian Navy and the Air Force, as well as to check their interoperability, he said as he joined the opening of the exercise via video link.
Japan on Monday said that a Chinese military plane had violated its airspace, local media reported that it was the first such move by a Chinese aircraft.
Two people are feared dead in a plane accident in Malawi involving a small aircraft of C210 type, which crashed into Lake Malawi in Nkhotakota district, about 200 km northeast of the capital, Lilongwe, with one crew member and two passengers on board, authorities have confirmed.
The first of the two-phased air exercise was held at the Sulur air base in Tamil Nadu.
