Southern Railway authorities were recently caught off guard by a sudden increase in positive breathalyser results among loco pilots during mandatory tests before start of duty. However, subsequent blood tests at the chemical examiner’s laboratory revealed that alcohol content in almost all blood samples was nearly zero. This has forced the Southern Railway, Thiruvananthapuram, to … Read more
More pilots at Akasa Air would be flying today if Boeing’s aircraft delivery were timely, the airline’s founder and CEO Vinay Dube tells The Hindu. “Is it a reality that we were supposed to get more aircraft, and therefore we should have seen a larger percentage of pilots clocking flying hours or in training? Yes, … Read more
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) on Saturday claimed that thousands of patients could receive the all-clear for suspected throat cancer faster as a result of a new iPhone device and app piloted at some of its hospitals. The innovative adapter providing a 32 mm lens and accompanying app can turn an iPhone into a … Read more
An Apache helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) made an emergency landing in Ladakh and sustained damage due to undulating terrain and high altitude, the IAF said on April 4. The incident took place on April 3 and both the pilots on board are safe, it said. The IAF has ordered a Court of … Read more
Telangana State Aviation Academy entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of ISRO to provide advanced training drone pilots. The NRSC is one of the primary centres of ISRO ( Indian Spaces Research Organisation). The agreement was signed by the Aviation Academy’s CEO S.N. Reddy and NRSC director Prakash Chauhan, in … Read more
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
Pilots and crew members cannot use mouthwash, tooth gel or any such substance that has alcoholic content, as that could result in a positive reading of the breath analyser test, according to revised norms issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Besides, various changes have been made to the norms pertaining to the procedure … Read more
A Kiran trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in an open field at a village in the district on June 1. However, two pilots on board the aircraft ejected safely before the crash. The training aircraft, which took off from the air force station in Bengaluru crashed this morning at Bhogapura village. … Read more
Acceding to a long-pending demand from Air India to allow it to use a common pool of pilots for different aircraft types, aviation regulator DGCA has allowed a small batch of its cockpit crew to interchange between Boeing 777 and 787 aircraft on a trial basis to enable the airline to use its crew optimally … Read more
AstroVest, the country’s first textile based health monitoring system for Inflight pilot health monitoring is ready to be tested by the Indian Air Force for its pilots in the next few months. Developed by Bengaluru-based Astromeda Space, it is set to undergo stringent military certification that will be completed in next three months, displayed at … Read more