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'Engine Failure!': Final Words From Air India Cockpit Moments Before Catastrophic Crash

An Air India Boeing flight crashed, killing hundreds of passengers. A mayday call from the pilot revealed what caused the incident.

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Major Reshuffle in Union Bureaucracy: Nagaraju Maddirala will be DFS Secretary, Deepti Umashankar Secretary to the President of India, Rajesh Singh Defence Secretary, Katikithala Srinivas Secretary MoHUA, Punya Salila Srivastava Health, Amardeep Singh Bhatia Secretary DPII and Vivek Joshi appointed as Secretary DoPT

Narendra Modi Government on Friday approved a series of significant appointments in various departments including Nagaraju Maddirala as the new Secretary of Department of Financial Services (DFS).

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DGCA took 542 enforcement actions on Airlines in year 2023 to enhance safety standards

In order to enhance safety standards in the aviation industry, Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Wednesday said that a total of 542 enforcement actions were taken in the year 2023. Read Further on Dynamite News

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Singapore-bound IndiGo plane diverted to Indonesia after crew reports rubber, fuel smell mid-air

A Singapore-bound IndiGo flight was diverted to Kualanamu international airport at Medan in Indonesia after the crew reported rubber and fuel smell in the cabin, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Calicut-Bound Air India Express Flight Lands In Abu Dhabi After Flames Detected Mid-Air

A Calicut-bound Air India Express flight from Abu Dhabi landed back at Abu Dhabi airport after flames were detected in one of the engines soon after take-off, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on Friday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Urination Incidents Onboard Flight: DCW Chief Maliwal Demands Arrests, Issues Notice To Delhi Police, DGCA And Air India

DCW chief Swati Maliwal, demanding arrests in the recent incidents of drunk men urinating on women on flights, issued a notice to the Delhi Police, DGCA and Air India on Friday. Read on for details:

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DGCA Issues Show Cause Notice To Air India Over Urinating Incident

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday issued Show Cause notices to Air India, crew members and pilots of the New York-Delhi flight in connection with the urination incident onboard on November 26 last year. Read on for details:

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Snake Found In Air India Express Plane, DGCA Orders Probe

A snake was found in a Dubai-bound Air India Express flight on Saturday. Read on for details:

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Flybig Aircraft Grounded After Fuel Leakage Incident At Patna Airport

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) grounded the aircraft of Flybig airlines after a fuel leakage was reported at Patna airport on Tuesday. Read on for details:

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Garuda Aerospace receives DGCA approval to become a Remote Pilot Training Organization

The firm aims to train and skill one lakh youth across 755 districts in the correct use of drones for agricultural purposes

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Soil test for proposed Sabarimala airport begins

Results crucial to obtain clearance from Directorate General of Civil Aviation

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DGCA resumes mandatory Breath Analyser Tests for all pilots, cabin crew

In view of the declining trend of COVID cases, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday issued guidelines to resume mandatory Breath Analyser Test for all pilots and cabin crew. Read more on Dynamite News:

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DGCA suspends licences of 2 pilots for violation of rules in two separate cases

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended the licence of pilots for violation of rules in two separate cases. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Civil Aviation Minister Scindia reviews safety norms with airline chiefs

With an aim to review the security surveillance of the flights, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday chaired a one-on-one meeting with heads of airline companies. Read more on Dynamite News

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DGCA keeping watch after airlines maintenance technicians go on mass sick leave

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday said that they are keeping a close watch on the situation that emerged after maintenance technicians of airlines went on mass sick leave. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SpiceJet aircraft develops nose wheel snag in Dubai, recovery aircraft sent

A recovery aircraft was sent to Dubai on Monday after a SpiceJet aircraft could not operate a return flight as it was found to have a nose wheel snag. Read more on Dynamite News:

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What were the recent events with respect to SpiceJet which made the DGCA serve the airlines a show-cause notice?

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DGCA audits 30 flying training organisations in India, finds multiple safety violations

Aircraft were being operated with faulty or unserviceable instruments such as fuel gauges, stall warning, etc, the DGCA said

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Safety hazard: DGCA imposes ₹10 lakh fine on SpiceJet for faulty training of Max aircraft pilots

DGCA had last month barred 90 SpiceJet pilots from operating the Max aircraft after finding them not properly trained.

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India to resume commercial international passenger flights from March 27

In order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had suspended operations of scheduled international commercial passenger services to and from India with effect from March 23, 2020. Read full story

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Second Cessna 152 aircraft to crash

Officials of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation rule out negligence

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Ban on regular international flights extended till Feb. 28

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Wednesday extended the ban on scheduled or regular international flights till February 28. However, international flights operating under bubble agreements

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