Air India plane crash: The science behind aircraft takeoff explained in graphics

Air India plane crash: The science behind aircraft takeoff explained in graphics

Air India flight AI171 suffered a tragic incident on Thursday as it crashed minutes after take-off in Ahmedabad. The Ahmedabad-London Air India plane carrying 242 passengers and crew crashed into a medical college complex. At least 204 people have died in the Air India plane crash. According to Air India, of the 230 passengers, 169 … Read more

Trainer aircraft overturns on runway in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni, woman pilot safe

Trainer aircraft overturns on runway in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni, woman pilot safe

A trainer aircraft overturned due to faulty landing at Suktara air strip in the district on Friday (May 30, 2025) morning but its trainee woman pilot was safe, the police said. The aircraft flipped over due to a faulty landing, said a police official. The airstrip is 22 km from the Seoni district headquarters. The … Read more

Rafale-M once inducted, will ensure full fighter strength on both aircraft carriers

Rafale-M once inducted, will ensure full fighter strength on both aircraft carriers

A Rafale-M jet. File. | Photo Credit: Dinakar Peri The Rafale-M fighter jets, 26 of which were contracted last week, once inducted from the second quarter of 2028 onwards, will enable the Indian Navy to field both its aircraft carriers with the full complement of their fighters. However, the jet as well as the flight … Read more

This aviation enthusiast creates wooden propellers and furniture made of aircraft parts

This aviation enthusiast creates wooden propellers and furniture made of aircraft parts

An aircraft in the living room? Fans of aviation would argue that there is something satisfying about drinking their coffee at a table made of an Antonov 12 engine. Or perhaps, entertaining guests on a leather sofa made of an 18-feet long MIG 21 Drop Tank — even if it occupies a large chunk of … Read more

Govt. looking for a transparent, efficient procurement model for 114 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft tender

Govt. looking for a transparent, efficient procurement model for 114 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft tender

In the backdrop of the controversy in the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets, the government is looking at a procurement model that is transparent and non-controversial for the acquisition of 114 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft (MRFA) tender that has been stuck for several years now, informed sources said. The Indian Air Force (IAF) is facing … Read more

Modi asked Ratan Tata to shift aircraft complex from Maharashtra to Gujarat: Sharad Pawar

Modi asked Ratan Tata to shift aircraft complex from Maharashtra to Gujarat: Sharad Pawar

Nationalist Congress Party [NCP] [SP] chief Sharadchandra Pawar | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini After the inauguration of Tata Aircraft Complex in Vadodara, Gujarat, on Monday, the Opposition criticised the ruling Mahayuti government, accusing it of pulling out all development projects out of Maharashtra and taking them to Gujarat.   Nationalist Congress Party [NCP] [SP] chief … Read more

Spanish PM to begin India visit today; inaugurate Vadodara facility for manufacturing C-295 aircraft with PM Modi on October 28

Spanish PM to begin India visit today; inaugurate Vadodara facility for manufacturing C-295 aircraft with PM Modi on October 28

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sanchez, will inaugurate the Tata aircraft complex in Gujarat’s Vadodara on Monday (October 28, 2024) for manufacturing C-295 aircraft by Tata Advanced Systems. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), in a statement on Saturday, said this will … Read more

Ensure timely arrival of baggage at airports after aircraft landing: BCAS tells airlines

Ensure timely arrival of baggage at airports after aircraft landing: BCAS tells airlines

Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani Regulator BCAS has directed airlines to ensure that all baggage of passengers are delivered within 30 minutes of landing of a flight at an airport. The directive from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) to seven scheduled airlines also comes against the backdrop … Read more

Two pilots killed in an Indian Air Force trainer aircraft crash in Telangana’s Medak

Two pilots killed in an Indian Air Force trainer aircraft crash in Telangana’s Medak

The trainee aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) which crashed in Ravelli village of Toopran in Medak district, Telangana on December 4, 2023. Photo: Special Arrangement A trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Ravelli village of Toopran in Medak district, Telangana on Monday morning, killing two pilots.  An official release … Read more