Shiney Asma Saldanha, 20, a resident of Karkala, has completed her commercial pilot training Udupi: While many of her friends pursued conventional careers in engineering and medicine, 20-year-old Shiney Asma Saldanha followed her childhood dream of becoming a pilot. Shiney, a resident of Karkala, has completed her commercial pilot training at the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya…
Long-haul flights can last anywhere from 10 to 18 hours, requiring flight attendants to remain alert while managing passenger safety, serving meals and handling emergencies. They’re expected to stay sharp and attentive through the entire journey, looking after passenger safety, running meal service and standing ready for anything unexpected. Passengers watch crew members move through…
Jet once stuck at Nagpur MRO for 6 yrs aborts Delhi-SF flight NAGPUR: An Air India Delhi-San Francisco flight that returned to the national capital after remaining airborne for nearly nine hours on Wednesday was the same aircraft that was grounded at Nagpur’s aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility for six years due to…
An Air India flight to San Francisco returned to Delhi after nearly nine hours in the air. NEW DELHI: An Air India flight bound for San Francisco was forced to return to Delhi on Wednesday after flying for nearly nine hours because of a snag in a critical airborne safety system that helps aircraft avoid…
4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Dec 22, 2025 04:25 PM IST An Air India Boeing 777 aircraft operating a Delhi-Mumbai flight Monday morning had to return to Delhi within half an hour of departure due to low engine oil pressure in of the plane’s two engines, forcing the pilots to shut down the engine and land…
BEIJING: Ten years on, the families of Chinese passengers who disappeared on board a lost Malaysia Airlines flight still are searching for answers. On Friday, a few dozen relatives of the passengers met officials at China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing as part of their long journey for answers. They also visited the Malaysian…
