Railway officials at the site in East Singhbhum Jamshedpur: An accident was averted on the Tatanagar-Howrah route on Sunday after the loco pilot of Steel Express (12814) applied emergency brakes on spotting a snapped overhead equipment (OHE) wire hanging above the train near Chandarekha village in East Singhbhum district.The train, running on the up line,…
Patna: Rajendra Nagar Terminal-Saharsa Intercity Express (13228) passengers had a narrow escape when a fire suddenly broke out in the engine of the train at Banka Ghat station near Patna Sahib under Danapur division of the East Central Railway (ECR) on Tuesday morning. No one was injured in the incident.Railways has ordered an internal inquiry…
Lightning strikes aircraft Kolkata: A lightning struck an Agartala-bound IndiGo aircraft, with 141 passengers and six crew members on board, moments before departure at the Kolkata airport on Friday morning. An immediate power outage and panic among flyers forced the airline to deboard the passengers and arrange for a replacement aircraft after mandatory safety inspections.Two…
Lucknow: For 9-year-old Rizwan, the train journey home ended in a tragedy that will haunt him for the rest of his life. Within moments, the young boy lost his mother and 4-year-old brother after panic triggered by a rumour forced passengers off a halted train near Morena in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday evening.Among the four…
Bengaluru/New Delhi: Over 230 people onboard an IndiGo Airbus A321neo were evacuated at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) using emergency slides after smoke was noticed in the cabin while taxiing to the runway to take off for Chennai Tuesday evening.In a statement, the aviation ministry said: “IndiGo A321 (VT-IME), while operating flight 6E-6017 (Bengaluru-Chennai), was involved…
Vadodara: Passengers onboard an IndiGo flight from Vadodara to New Delhi on Saturday night alleged that they were left stranded inside the aircraft for nearly 45 minutes without air-conditioning after a technical snag delayed take-off at Vadodara airport.According to passengers, the air-conditioning inside flight 6E 657 stopped functioning while the aircraft remained grounded, leading to…
