An IndiGo flight from Guwahati to Chennai, with 168 passengers aboard, made an emergency landing at the Bengaluru international airport on Thursday after the captain gave a 'Mayday' call. Mayday is a distress call issued by aircraft, indicating a life-threatening situation. Read on to know more.
Was the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed over Ahmedabad seconds after taking off airworthy? When was it overhauled and maintained last time? Was there any issue with the engine? These questions are being asked the pilot sent the Mayday signals immediately after the plane could take off.
Boeing's reputation suffered immensely in a few days as the number of cancellations and mid-air switchbacks related to the Dreamliner increased considerably. It happened after the tragedy on June 12, when Air India's AI 171, flying from Ahmedabad to London, crashed seconds after taking off.
US President Donald Trump met UK PM Keir Starmer and signed a document. He also met Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba, but failed to reach a common point. Why did he not meet PM Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G-7 summit?
India has traditionally friendly relations with Iran but it is coming closer to Israel now. It is also significant because Israel supported India openly during recent India-Pakistan skirmishes.
These condolence messages of Shehbaz Sharif, Nawaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari over the Ahmedabad Plane Crash may look formal during normal times, but these are significant considering the bitterness and tensions that developed during and before the clashes last month.
The ill-fated Air India aircraft that crashed Thursday in Ahmedabad was 11 years old. The Tata Group-owned company is the airline with one of the oldest fleets, with 70 of its aircraft being one decade old. Is there a DGCA guideline? Was Ahmedabad Plane Crash a result of flying old aircraft?
Though the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) have launched a detailed probe into the causes of the crash, early study indicates a major flaw.
Air India Ahmedabad Plane Crash: Air India's Ahmedabad-Gatwik flight AI171 with 242 passengers and crew members on board took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad at 1:38 PM. It crashed within minutes.
If reports are to be believed, air conditioners account for around 50 gigawatts of electricity use, about one-fifth of the country's maximum power load. It has also been found that every 1°C increase in AC temperature cuts energy use by 6%.
The AI-powered Negev Light Machine Gun system has been designed keeping in mind China so that it can be deployed in high-risk or logistically challenging environments of extreme cold and high altitude. The AI-equipped LMG can be used for base defence, convoy protection, and perimeter security.
In a video that has gone viral on social media platforms, an Indian student can be seen getting handcuffed, pinned to the ground at an airport in the US and deported back to India.
