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Splashdown!: The Dragon has landed, Group Captain Shukla piloted Ax-4 miss
Updated : 8 months ago IST
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft 'Grace' successfully landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Tuesday, marking the safe return of the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) crew, including Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS).
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Ax-4 crew on board Dragon Spacecraft piloted by Grp Capt Shukla on track f
Updated : 8 months ago IST
After spending almost 20 days in space with almost 19 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Axiom-4 mission (Ax-4), Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut to visit the ISS, along with this crew for the mission, is set for a splashdownon eart
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AI 171 crash: Pilots' association slams "reckless and unfounded insinuatio
Updated : 8 months ago IST
"The Indian Commercial Pilots' Association (ICPA) expresses its unwavering support for the flight crew of Air India flight Al 171. In the aftermath of this incident, we are deeply disturbed by speculative narratives emerging in sections of the media and public discourse, particularly the rec
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Haryana CM meets family of IAF pilot killed in Jaguar crash, honours Squad
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini met the family of Squadron Leader Lokender Singh Sindhu, who lost his life in a Jaguar fighter plane crash in Churu, Rajasthan, on July 9.
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"Don't think report is ok": Aviation expert Sanat Kaul questions AI 171 cr
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Aviation expert Sanat Kaul on Sunday raised concerns over the preliminary report of the Air India 171 crash investigation, stating that it is "not ok." He emphasised the need for pilots to be included in the probe panel, as per the International Civil Aviation Organisation's (ICAO) charter.
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"Not about witch hunt to blame pilots but ...": Aviation Safety consultant
Updated : 8 months ago IST
"My point is very simple. When you don't have the engines in the first place, when the engines have failed, when fuel is not going to the engine, why does the point of fuel cut-off come up? Now what they're trying to do is put the blame deliberately on the pilots and exonerate the OEM (Origi
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"Fuel switches moved without input, points to possible glitch": Federation
Updated : 8 months ago IST
President of the Federation of Indian Pilots, Charanvir Singh Randhawa raised serious concerns over the preliminary investigation report released by the AAIB, regarding the Air India plane crash on June 12. He questioned the absence of clarity on key cockpit decisions and pointed to possible
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Former pilot points to chip malfunction, not pilot error in initial report
Updated : 8 months ago IST
A report released by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau following the fatal crash of Air India flight AI171 indicated a chip malfunction as a cause of the crash, a former pilot told Reuters on Saturday.
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CVR recording establishes that pilots didn't turn off fuel switches: Aviat
Updated : 8 months ago IST
"It is a fact-finding report, and it has put some rumours to rest. CVR recording has clearly established that the pilots did not turn off fuel switches. A technical malfunction seems more likely. We should congratulate the Civil Aviation Minister and the Indian government for deciding to con
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Deployment of RAT indicates engine failure: Commercial Pilot Rajiv Pratap
Updated : 8 months ago IST
"This automatically happens in an aircraft when there is a twin-engine failure. So this, as indicated in the report, has happened, and both the initial stages of APU have started, and the RAT has deployed, so it indicates the engine failure has taken... When you start losing the aircraft, th
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"Pilots did everything right": Captain Umang N Jani on AI 171's crash repo
Updated : 8 months ago IST
"The pilot did everything right. It is part of the training that when engines fail, you attempt to restart them. The report also suggests that the fuel switch is in the run position. This aircraft has an FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control) system in place. When you start the engine
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Premature to assume human error: Captain Prashant Dhalla on Air India cras
Updated : 8 months 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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