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Death toll rises to 47 from Russian plane crash

Last Updated: Sunday, June 26, 2011, 22:51

The RusAir Tupolev 134 with 52 passengers and crew on board crashed into a highway on June 20.

DGCA issues new air safety guidelines

Last Updated: Sunday, May 29, 2011, 18:15

Fresh guidelines have been issued to pilots and air traffic controllers on ways to handle unexpected events like systems malfunction, communication trouble or weather-related problems.

Bad weather led to Faridabad crash: DGCA

Last Updated: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 23:59

Preliminary probe by aviation regulator DGCA into the Faridabad air crash that claimed ten lives pointed towards technical malfunction and high velocity winds as possible major reasons for the mishap.

Govt sets up independent aircrash probe panel

Last Updated: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 18:48

The government on Thursday created an independent panel to probe major aviation accidents, separating the role of a regulator and an investigator which was being performed by the DGCA alone so far.

Emotional tributes paid to Mangalore air crash victims

Last Updated: Sunday, May 22, 2011, 19:43

158 people had lost their lives, while eight others survived, when Air India Express flight IX 812 overshot the airport runway and crashed into a deep gorge.

Political leaders who died in air crashes

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 16:22

Arunachal Pradesh CM Dorjee Khandu is not the only leader to have met a tragic end in an air crash.

Nepal air crash probe begins, travel agent arrested

Last Updated: Friday, December 17, 2010, 14:36

Bhutan`s King mourned the 18 Bhutanese killed in an air crash in Nepal.

‘Pilot`s disorientation, a factor in M`lore crash’

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 20:31

Disorientation and delayed response by the pilot -- who reportedly dozed off -- and ignoring his co-pilot`s warnings during landing may have led to the air crash in Mangalore that killed 158 persons, an inquiry report said.

21 including foreigners killed in air crash in Pakistan

Last Updated: Friday, November 5, 2010, 12:07

All 21 people on board a small aircraft chartered by an international oil company were killed when it crashed shortly after taking off from the airport in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi Friday, officials said.

Local police to guard aircrash evidence: DGCA

Last Updated: Monday, September 27, 2010, 20:32

Aviation regulator DGCA proposes to put onus on local police & fire authorities. to ensure that the wreckage and evidences are properly preserved.

Plane makes `miracle` crash landing in Siberia: Official

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 16:25

A Tupolev (TU-154) airliner en route to Moscow yesterday was forced to glide down from its cruising altitude with no working navigation gear and at a high speed after its wing flaps failed.

Survivors of Colombian `miracle` air crash return home

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 11:20

Survivors of a Colombian `miracle` air crash have started returning home.