At least 68 people were killed when a Yeti Airlines passenger plane with 72 people on board, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in the central resort city of Pokhara.
Startup firm IG Drones, which was born out of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) campus in Odisha's Sambalpur has developed a 5G-enabled drone that is capable of vertical take-off and landing.
The Moscow-Goa chartered flight which made an emergency landing in Gujarat's Jamnagar yesterday due to an alleged bomb threat arrived at its destination at Dabolim airport on Tuesday afternoon.
"Delhi-Paris flight AI-143 return back to the bay at Delhi airport after the aircraft detected snag (flap issues) in the aircraft. The flight was landed safely at the airport," said Air India.
"Indigo pilot asked for a precautionary landing after a technical fault was detected in the aircraft, ATC allowed to land and announced full emergency landing as per procedure," an airport official told ANI.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully conducted a trial run of the 4.1 km long and 33-metre-wide emergency landing facility (ELF) constructed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on a national highway in Andhra Pradesh, the officials said on Thursday.