Air India flight makes ‘precautionary’ landing in Kolkata

October 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - A British Airways Mumbai-London flight with 207 passengers on board made an emergency landing here early Thursday following a fire warning in the cockpit, an official said. The captain of the BA-138 flight, which took off from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 3 a.m., heard a fire alarm in the cockpit about 30 minutes after take-off.

September 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI/ CHENNAI/KOLKATA - Passengers across India felt the brunt of the Air India strike, which entered its fourth day on Tuesday. People lost out on their important business meetings and family engagements due to the flight cancellations.

September 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - A Port Blair bound Air India flight Saturday took off from here, leaving behind 25 passengers with confirmed tickets as the airbus did not have the capacity to provide required seats to them. "The incident took place today (Saturday) morning when IC 287 had to take off without 25 passengers.

September 12th, 2009 MUMBAI - A Delhi-Mumbai Air India flight had a narrow escape when a dog was sighted on the main runway as the aircraft was preparing to land here Saturday evening, officials said. The incident occurred around 6.30 p.m.

September 3rd, 2009 KARACHI - An Emirates flight carrying Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna made an emergency landing at the Jinnah International Airport here Thursday night, a media report said.

September 1st, 2009 HYDERABAD - A Bangalore-Delhi IndiGo flight Tuesday had to make an emergency landing at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) here due to a technical snag. All 99 passengers and crew on board were safe, an official said.

August 15th, 2009 KOLKATA - A Hyderabad-bound Air India aircraft with 28 passengers on board had to head back and make an emergency landing after a technical alarm bell went off minutes after it had taken off from here Saturday, an official said. "The flight took off at 5.14 pm from the N.S.C.

July 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - Passengers aboard a Saudia airliner on a Jeddah-Mumbai flight had a scare when its tyres burst during landing at Mumbai airport Saturday evening, an official said. The Saudia flight, SV-744, was landing around 6.30 p.m.

June 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Air India flight to Hyderabad made an emergency landing here Monday, an hour after taking off from the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The airline said all passengers were flown to their destinations in another aircraft.

May 31st, 2009 MUMBAI - An aviation disaster was averted at Mumbai airport Sunday when two aircraft got clearance to take off simultaneously from two runways but the pilots stopped the planes in the nick of time, an airport official said. The incident occurred at 7.27 a.m.

April 28th, 2009 Indonesian military plane makes emergency landingSEMARANG, Indonesia — Officials say an Indonesian military plane was forced to land in a river after engine failure. No one was hurt.

April 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - China Eastern Airlines Co, one of China's leading state-owned carriers, Wednesday said it will increase its flight services from Kolkata to Kunming from June. 'We will have seven flights from Kolkata to Kunming a week from June.

March 29th, 2009 KOLKATA - British Airways suspended its direct service to London from here Sunday, with the last flight taking off at around 5 a.m., even as national carrier Air India resumed operations on the route the same day. British Airways, which operated three direct fights a week from the city to Heathrow Airport in London, decided to suspend operations as it found the route unprofitable.

February 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - A Druk Air Bangkok-Gaya-Paro flight made an emergency landing at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here Friday due to a crack in its cockpit window, an airport official said. 'The pilot of a Druk Air flight from Bangkok noticed a crack in the cockpit window after crossing Gaya (Bihar).

January 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - A Jet Airways flight had to make an emergency landing at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here after its engine caught fire Saturday. All passengers were safe, an airport official said.