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"Premature and speculative": NTSB slams media reports on AI-171 crash inve
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
The US federal agency, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), responsible for the investigation of aviation accidents and significant transportation events in the country, on Friday (local time) issued a strong rebuke of recent media coverage made over the preliminary investigative
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AI-171 Investigation: AAIB slams international media speculation on plane
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
The AAIB, under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, reaffirmed that the investigation into the Air India crash is being conducted in a "rigorous and most professional manner in accordance with the AAIB Rules and international protocols." The Bureau cautioned that the high-profile nature of th
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"Report claims state of "confusion" between pilots", says DGCA's former fl
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Former Flight Operations Inspector with the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation), Captain Prashant Dhalla, spoke to ANI on Thursday regarding the Wall Street Journal's news report on the Air India AI 171 crash that occurred in Ahmedabad last month.
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Air India completes fuel control switch inspections on Boeing 787 Fleet; n
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
The inspections were conducted in compliance with a directive issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday, July 14.
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DGCA asks airlines to conduct fuel switch inspections on Boeing aircraft b
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
India's civil aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday issued an urgent directive mandating Indian operators of specific Boeing aircraft models to conduct inspections of the engine fuel control switch locking mechanisms by July 21.
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Premature to assume human error: Captain Prashant Dhalla on Air India cras
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"We have studied the startle effect under human factors. This can be a situation where, due to the startle effect, pilots can do things inadvertently. This is one of the possibilities, which might be a theory, that an electrical failure occurred in the aircraft. In that situation, the pilots
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DGCA to commence National FTO ranking system from October 1 to elevate pil
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The initiative aims to ensure standardisation, safety, and accountability in India's aviation training sector.
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Dreamliner among safest aircraft, over 1100 in use worldwide, Air India of
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Members at a meeting of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday expressed concern over air safety and surge in price of air tickets from Srinagar to other cities after the Pahalgam terror attack and sought clarifications from the officials present, sources said.
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Parliament's Public Accounts Committee to discuss Air India AL-171 crash t
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A meeting of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee is scheduled for Tuesday, where top officials from the Civil Aviation Ministry, including the Civil Aviation Secretary and DGCA, are expected to appear, with the recent Air India Flight AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad, likely to be discussed alo
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Air India Delhi-Vienna flight drops 900 feet mid-air, investigation underw
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
An Air India flight en route to Vienna from Delhi experienced a serious mid-air incident on June 14, during which the aircraft suddenly lost altitude by nearly 900 feet, prompting an investigation by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
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From crash site to decoding lab: India handling AI-171 probe entirely in t
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) Lab in New Delhi, is currently working intensively to examine data retrieved from the black boxes of Air India Flight AI-171, which crashed in Ahmedabad earlier this month.
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DGCA carries out surveillance at major airports, including Delhi and Mumba
Updated : 9 months ago IST
A domestic flight of a scheduled carrier was cancelled due to worn tyres and it was released only after the required rectification was carried out. All the findings observed during the surveillance have been communicated to the concerned operators for taking necessary corrective actions w
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