Air India aircraft grounded after being hit by aerobridge

October 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air India Monday said the cockpit of its Sharjah-Lucknow-Delhi flight IC-884 was not left unmanned during a mid-air scuffle that broke out between the pilots and cabin crew Saturday. "The committee constituted by the Air India management to inquire into the incident has concluded decisively that the cockpit was not left unmanned at any point of time during the flight phase," the airline said in a statement.

September 7th, 2009 Mumbai, Sept 6 (IBNS) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Sunday said it will wrap up preliminary investigation into the fire in Air India Boeing 747-400 Riyadh-bound aircraft by Wednesday. "We have started our investigation into the incident and the preliminary findings are likely to be out over the next 2-3 days," a DGCA source told a private news channel Sunday.

September 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is expected to complete its investigations into the fire in Air India Boeing 747-400 Riyadh-bound aircraft, certified as airworthy by it two days before the incident,in next couple of days. "We have started our investigation into the incident and the preliminary findings are likely to be out over the next two or three days," a DGCA source said.

September 5th, 2009 MUMBAI - A four-member in-house committee has been set up to probe the Air India fire incident that took place at Mumbai International Airport on Friday. Nearly 200 passengers were onboard on Riyadh bound Air India flight (AI-829) while the aircraft's left engine caught fire while taking off.

September 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - A major tragedy was avoided at Mumbai Airport on Friday morning when an emergency was declared after one of the engines of an Air India flight caught fire while getting ready to taxi off the runway. Reports said the flight, which was bound for Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, was immediately grounded when a passenger detected sparks flying out of one of the engines.

September 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered the derostering of the maintenance engineer who was working on Air India flight 829 after it developed a fuel leak. The DGCA has ordered a detailed probe into the fuel leak from the wings of an Air India flight that caused one of the engines to catch fire.

September 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - Aviation experts on Friday said that a fuel leak from the wings of an Air India flight caused one of the engines to catch fire. Ruling out the possibility of a technical snag leading to the grounding of the aircraft at Mumbai Airport on Friday morning, the experts said the fuel leaked onto the heated engines of the aircraft and that had caused the fire.

September 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - At least 21 passengers suffered minor injuries as they were being evacuated from a grounded Air India flight. The evacuation was done through inflatable slides.

August 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Kolkata-bound IndiGo flight with 126 passengers on board was grounded at the Delhi airport Wednesday after a bomb threat call. The Delhi-Kolkata flight (No 203) was grounded after a call centre of IndiGo received an anonymous call by 3.30 p.m.

July 27th, 2009 CHENNAI - The Air Arabia Chennai-Sharjah flight was grounded at Chennai International Airport Monday morning due to technical problems in the aircraft. Speaking to IANS on the condition of anonymity, an airport official said: "The Airbus-320 belonging to Air Arabia flew into Chennai from Sharjah around 3 a.m.

July 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI J - In a clear violation of safety norms Air India allowed three extras passengers on board a fully loaded flight. Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) who was inquiring into the collision of the aero bridge with Air India's IC 179 flight at Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, revealed this fact.

May 5th, 2009 MUMBAI - In a major breach of safety, an Air India aircraft was hit and its door damaged by an aerobridge at the airport here after 172 passengers had boarded the plane for Mangalore. No passenger or member of the crew on board IC-179 at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here was hurt in the accident, airline officials said.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Air Force (IAF) has summoned Russian experts to inspect its fleet of frontline Sukhoi Su-30MKI combat jets following the crash of one of the aircraft after a 12-year accident-free record. The fleet will remain grounded till the experts sound the all-clear, an official said Tuesday.

May 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A day after a frontline Sukhoi Su-30 combat jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in the first such accident since the plane was inducted 12 years ago, the entire fleet was temporarily grounded Friday for a thorough inspection of the aircraft's airframe and systems. 'The aircraft did not take to the skies today (Friday) and thorough checks are being conducted,' an IAF officer said, requesting anonymity.

April 20th, 2009 SEATTLE - US aircraft manufacturer Boeing Company Monday said it has delivered a 737-800 aircraft to Air India, the 25th of the total 68 planes ordered by the Indian flagship carrier. 'We continue to work closely with Air India on its fleet restructuring based upon the airline's high utilisation of our airplanes,' Boeing India president Dinesh Keskar said.