The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday approved Boeing’s inspection and modification plan to restart deliveries of 787 Dreamliners, two people briefed on the matter told Reuters.
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For the unversed, the airport had received a bomb threat on Thursday through a call for an unidentified person. While the Thursday threat was announced as a hoax by Birsa Munda Airport Director KL Agarwal as quoted by Times Now, the Friday threat is under investigation.
The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Mumbai suburban district Collector to indicate steps for the demolition of 48 obstacles (unauthorized portions of buildings) violating height norms in the vicinity of the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
A Spicejet airline, which was scheduled to fly from Mumbai on Thursday to Kandla in the western state of Gujarat could not take off due to a caution alert.
An IndiGo flight was revoked on Thursday reportedly hours after the plane skidded off the runway during the takeoff. The plane had over 90 passengers aboard. This is the latest incident linked to a domestic flight that has sparked concerns.
These technical snags are informed by the flight crew on receiving an aural or visual warning in the cockpit or an indication of an inoperative/faulty system or while experiencing the problem in working the aircraft,” stated Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
A transatlantic passenger jet was diverted to Shannon Airport on Wednesday afternoon after the crew announced an emergency shortly after taking off from Edinburgh.
China is one of the most important markets within the Asia-Pacific region. Unlike the majority of its peer markets, the country has continued to impose the world’s strictest pandemic border regime.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday, 27 July, declared that they had curtailed the SpiceJet flight operations to 50% for the next eight weeks after the airlines reported multiple snags in a short period.
Leasing services company LCI Aviation has ordered up to six H175 super-medium helicopters from Airbus, valued at over $125m. The deal follows confirmation of a resurgence in super-medium and heavy helicopter activity earlier this month from consultancy Air & Sea Analytics.