Tag: Pilot

Pilot ends fast with renewed demand for action against graft under Raje

After the culmination of his fast, Pilot told the media that the purpose of the fast was to protest and pressurise the state government to take action against corruption.

April 11, 2023

Military aircraft crashes in Vietnam, pilot killed

A Vietnamese pilot was killed in a fighter jet crash in Vietnam on Tuesday, state media reported.

January 31, 2023

Coast Guard Dornier aircraft helped in rescuing MiG-29K Navy pilot after crash over sea

As soon as the information came in about the May Day call over the sea by MiG-29K aircraft, the two aircraft were immediately diverted towards the suspected area of crash on Wednesday, Indian Coast Guard officials said.

October 13, 2022

SpiceJet to increase salary for pilots by 20% in October

SpiceJet has announced around 20 per cent hike in salaries for the pilots come this October, sources told ANI. This latest upward revision in salaries follows a 6 per cent hike announced last month.

September 22, 2022

Abide by high command’s instructions, Pilot tells Congress leaders

“You should not pay attention to whatever appears in the media. It is always quoted: ‘What is seen in politics never happens. And what happens is not seen.’ You should not go by rumours. Wait! The party has declared the presidential election schedule.”

August 31, 2022

Pilot clarifies ‘collision course’ not a possibility

The pilot remarked that traffic in the air does not work in the same way as road traffic where a car may, without warning, appear in front of another vehicle from an alley connected with the main road. He said that a pilot from one aircraft can spot the other plane when it is within 40 nautical miles or 74 km, giving it enough time to change position.

March 9, 2022

Commercial pilot license programmes at MYFLEDGE empowers aspiring pilots with ‘The Wings To Fly’

There are over 400 expat pilots in India. Pilots themselves appear to be reasonably optimistic about medium- term job prospects. A poll of 2,600 commercial pilots was carried out last October by recruitment agency GOOSE with Flight Global Poll which indicated that 72 per cent think the industry will recover to its 2019 peak within three years

October 13, 2021

Massive search operation continues for missing pilots

A defence statement said, "Military authorities are leaving no stone unturned to search for the helicopter which crashed and sank into the Ranjit Sagar Dam on Aug 3, 2021 along with two pilots.

August 10, 2021

Pilot killed, trainee injured as aircraft crashes in fields

The victims have been identified as pilot Narul Amin, and the trainee pilot Ankita Gujar, who suffered fractures in the crash which reduced the aircraft to a heap of metal.

July 16, 2021

Pilot missing after US Air Force F-15 fighter jet crashes in North Sea

The plane took off from the RAF Lakenheath base, near Mildenhall, in Suffolk, which hosts the 48th Fighter Wing of the US Air Force.

June 15, 2020

Crashed PIA aircraft’s pilot ignored warnings from air traffic controllers thrice

The national flag carrier's PK-8303 tragedy on Friday, in which 97 people were killed and two miraculously survived, is one of the most catastrophic aviation disasters in the country's history.

May 25, 2020

IAF MiG-29 fighter jet crashes in Jalandhar, pilot ejects safely

The pilot ejected safely and was soon taken away in a rescue helicopter, the IAF said in a statement.

May 8, 2020

Senior Air India pilot, found guilty of sexual harassment, reinstated

The airline's internal complaints committee imposed a 'major penalty' on Captain Sachin Gupta, who has now appealed against the punishment.

January 19, 2020

Anupriya Lakra becomes first tribal female pilot from Maoist-hit Malkangiri

She has been selected to join a private airline as a co-pilot.

September 10, 2019

HC grants anticipatory bail to suspended Air India pilot

He is also accused of tampering with evidence, criminal conspiracy and intimidating a doctor working with the airline in January 2017.

July 1, 2019

Another Air India pilot under scanner over sexual abuse charges

The development came close on the heels of a woman pilot submitting written complaint levelling charges of sexual harassment against her colleague and commander. She alleged that the accused commander called her to his room on the pretext of giving her notes after training and then offered to take her out for dinner.

May 21, 2019

IAF MiG 27 crashes near Jodhpur, pilot safe

A court of inquiry has been established to investigate the cause of the accident.

March 31, 2019