‘Yeh Dil Maange More’: How Captain Vikram Batra helped capture Point 5140 for India in Kargil on this day 27 years ago

Captain Vikram Batra after the capture of Point 5140 during the 1999 Kargil War As the Kargil War intensified in the summer of 1999, the Indian Army scored a major breakthrough by capturing Tololing on June 13. With that strategic victory secured, attention turned to Point 5140 — the highest and most heavily defended feature…

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Turkish Airlines co-pilot misread ATC instruction, led to near-miss over Arabian sea: AAIB report | Mumbai News

When TC-JOO (THY6380) initiated climb. Vertically separated by 1,000 feet and 3 miles apart in opposite direction. FDB2JQ was flying offset by 2 miles. (Aircraft positions not to scale) Mumbai: A serious near-miss involving a Turkish Airlines cargo flight and a Flydubai passenger flight over the Arabian Sea last year occurred because the Turkish Airlines…

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