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UPS flight aborts landing in Louisville after runway incursion by small plane

A drone view of the crash site next to a runway at the Muhammad Ali International Airport following the crash of a UPS cargo plane in Louisville, Kentucky, US in this screengrab from a video released November 7, 2025.

world news

Updated on Apr 18, 2026 05:22 am IST

Newark Airport faces major travel chaos amid staffing crisis; 'It is not safe'

United Airlines planes land and prepare to take off at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

us news

Published on May 04, 2025 11:01 pm IST

American Airlines flight aborts landing to avoid collision at airport

An American Airlines did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the go-around at Washington National. (Reuters photo)

us news

Updated on Feb 27, 2025 09:35 am IST

Donald Trump starts firing FAA air traffic controllers weeks after DC crash

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after landing at the Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida on February 16, 2025 after attending the Daytona 500 car race earlier in the day. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)

us news

Published on Feb 17, 2025 09:13 pm IST

ATC staff de-rostered after two aircraft come alarmingly close at Mumbai airport

In the video, the Air India flight was seen taking off and the IndiGo flight descended towards the runway. (X/ @Deepak Sharma)

india news

Published on Jun 09, 2024 02:23 pm IST

France air travel: Flight operations hit in Paris despite strike cancellation

The air traffic control tower of Charles de Gaulle airport is pictured in Roissy-en-France, in Paris. France air travel update: Flight operations hit in Paris despite strike cancellation

travel

Published on Apr 26, 2024 04:31 pm IST

IAF's Sumita Yadav who marched in Bastille Day parade part of R-Day march-past

Squadron leader Sumita Yadav

india news

Published on Jan 24, 2024 10:58 am IST

Stray dog at Goa airport forces Vistara flight to return to Bengaluru

Vistara Airlines

bengaluru news

Published on Nov 14, 2023 03:37 pm IST

New rules caused 2 breaches: Air Traffic Controllers body to civil aviation secy

In October, here were two incidents in which aircraft came closer to each other than is regarded safe. (HT Archive)

india news

Updated on Nov 03, 2023 12:28 pm IST

DGCA issues draft rules on ATC staff work shifts

A controller’s night shift will start at 1.30am and end at 5.29 am and no rostered shift will begin or end between midnight and 6am, the new rules said.

india news

Updated on Sept 07, 2022 01:13 am IST

‘Exempt Delhi ATC staff from breath tests', says controllers’ guild

According to officials in Delhi ATC, as many as 85 of the total 402 air traffic controllers are either Covid-positive or are in quarantine.

delhi news

Published on May 06, 2021 05:56 am IST

Delhi HC allows breath analyser tests to be administered to air traffic controllers

Seeking a modification to the March 23 order, Gosain contended that the rules of Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) of September 2019 state that a BAT must be administered.

india news

Updated on Sept 03, 2020 02:32 pm IST

DGCA to dope-test pilots, ATC staff

India’s aviation regulator wants to introduce random drug tests for pilots and Air Traffic Controllers (ATCs) in line with international norms

india news

Updated on Feb 22, 2020 05:03 am IST

Air Asia flight makes emergency landing in Kolkata after woman says ‘bombs strapped to body’

A Mumbai-bound flight from Kolkata had to return and make an emergency landing at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) airport

kolkata news

Updated on Jan 12, 2020 05:25 pm IST

He was taking his first flying lesson, the instructor blacked out mid-air. Then this happened

Max Sylvester was instructed to maintain altitude (representational image).

trending

Updated on Sept 07, 2019 08:13 pm IST

DGCA proposes alcohol test for air traffic controllers, aircraft engineers

Air Traffic Control room (ATC) personnel at Indira Gandhi International Airport, in New Delhi.

india news

Updated on Aug 07, 2019 08:36 pm IST

Airlines must stock fuel for an alternate landing: DGCA

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has once again emphasised its regulations on flights operating on minimum fuel in which pilots sought emergency landings.

mumbai news

Published on Jul 08, 2019 02:42 am IST

Airlines told to prep for bad weather, carry fuel to fly to 2 other airports

In a few cases investigated by the DGCA, it was found after landing that the airline had lesser fuel than what should have been the planned final reserve fuel.

india news

Updated on Jul 05, 2019 10:56 pm IST

Air traffic control responsible for 2016 near mid-air collision over Delhi

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has found serious lapses on the part of air traffic controllers in Delhi while investigating a case of a near miss between IndiGo and KLM flights over the airspace in the national capital in 2016.

india news

Updated on Jun 27, 2019 02:21 pm IST

Passengers, airlines face steep costs due to closure of Pak airspace

The closure of Pakistan’s airspace for nearly three months has hit travellers and airlines from Afghanistan and Central Asia the hardest.

india news

Updated on May 15, 2019 08:12 am IST

Recruits unqualified to man surveillance, air navigation system: AAI association

The Airports Authority Officer’s Association (AAOA) has protested that unqualified candidates are being recruited to man the Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) systems. Photo:pradeep gaur/mint

mumbai news

Published on Mar 31, 2019 04:01 am IST

Pilot had ‘emotional breakdown’ before crash that killed 51, says Nepal probe panel

Rescue workers near the wreckage of the US-Bangla Airlines plane that crashed at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal March 12, 2018.

world news

Updated on Jan 29, 2019 01:38 pm IST

Amid US govt shutdown, Canada air traffic controllers buy pizza for cash-strapped US colleagues

Canadian air traffic controllers have bought hundreds of pizzas for their American counterparts over the past few days amid the US government’s partial shut down.

world news

Updated on Jan 14, 2019 10:29 am IST

IndiGo flight lands at Ahmedabad after crew notice ‘unusual smell’

An IndiGo plane made priority landing at Ahmedabad airport after crew noticed ‘unusual smell’ on January 01, 2019.

india news

Updated on Jan 03, 2019 08:36 am IST

Aircraft near-miss rate at six-year high due to congestion, says DGCA official

india news

Published on Dec 05, 2018 11:29 pm IST

Mumbai-Jodhpur flight passenger alleges terrorists on board, arrested for misleading police

A passenger on Air India’s Mumbai-Jodhpur flight created a scare after alleging four terrorists were aboard (representative photo)

india news

Updated on Oct 02, 2018 08:16 am IST

‘Low on fuel, multiple instrument failures’: Air India pilot says before emergency landing at US airport

The incident happened with AI-101 flight from Delhi to New York, forcing the Air India aircraft to make an unscheduled landing at New Jersey airport on September 11.

india news

Updated on Sept 19, 2018 10:50 am IST