India clears grounded chartered US marine plane

October 18th, 2009 MUMBAI / NEW DELHI - U S Embassy officials established contact with the Ministry of External Affairs, the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Indian Air Force on Sunday afternoon to carry out the necessary paper work to clear the release of a chartered North American aircraft carrying US Marines. The chartered Boeing 767, carrying commandos of the US 205 Marine Unit, was made to land at Mumbai's Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport, for violating the Indian airspace.

October 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - After a seven-hour drama, a chartered US military aircraft that was detained at Mumbai airport Sunday morning by Indian authorities after it failed to correctly identify itself, was given the green signal to proceed, an airport official said. "The customs, immigration and other procedural formalities are being completed.

October 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - A US chartered military aircraft bound for Bangkok was ordered by the Indian Air Force (IAF) to land at Mumbai airport Sunday morning following confusion over its identification, an airport source said. The chartered Boeing 767 aircraft with 205 US Marines aboard was ordered to land at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 7.52 a.m.

October 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - A chartered plane carrying 205 US marines on Sunday was made to land at Mumbai Airport for allegedly violating the Indian airspace. The aircraft was asked to land after its call sign was not registered The aircraft was travelling from Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Bangkok.

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 10th, 2009 Kolkata, Sept 10 (IBNS) The detained arms-laden aircraft apparently belonging to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) air force, finally left Kolkata airport for China Thursday morning. “The UAE plane left for China at around 9am today,” defence spokesperson Mahesh Upasanio said.

September 9th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Ministry of External Affairs has reportedly directed the Defence Ministry to let go the detained UAE Air Force plane that was detained in Kolkata after arms and ammunition were found on board. On Tuesday, Kolkata officials had sent a detailed report to New Delhi on the detained UAE military aircraft, two days after it landed and was found to be carrying a huge consignment of undeclared arms and explosives.

September 8th, 2009 KOLKATA - Kolkata officials have sent a detailed report to New Delhi on the detained UAE military aircraft, two days after it landed and was found to be carrying a huge consignment of undeclared arms and explosives. The plane is still grounded while its crew has been released but asked not leave Kolkata.

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 - 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.

June 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A chartered flight from Diego Garcia was Friday made to land at Mumbai by the Indian Air Force after it was found using a false call sign, an IAF official said here. "All private planes are supposed to use a specific call sign.

May 5th, 2009 MUMBAI - An Air India aircraft was hit and its door damaged after an aerobridge hit it at the airport here Tuesday morning. The pilot, co-pilot and two ground staff were taken off duty following the incident.

April 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Standard Chartered Bank on Thursday organised a motor rally under the caption 'Seeing Is Believing' for visually challenged people. The intended purpose of the rally was to make the visually impaired feel included.

February 12th, 2009 PATNA - It was a miraculous escape for about 150 passengers on an Air India plane that caught fire while landing at the Patna airport Friday. But thanks to quick work by the fire brigade neither any damage nor any casualties were reported.

December 22nd, 2008 CHANDIGARH - The England Test squad left here Tuesday night on a chartered plane for Dubai from where the team will board a direct flight to England. 'The England team has boarded a chartered flight.