Airline Cabin Crew of SpiceJet Airline does 'Dance Performances' Mid-air during Holi celebrations in India

As per TV reports "SpiceJet Airline" in India has organised through its Cabin Crew in eight flights, "Dance Performances" Mid-air during Holi celebrations (Indian festival of colors) on 17/03/2014. Read more & see video of dance here at.......Airline Cabin Crew of SpiceJet Airline does 'Dance Performances' Mid-air during Holi celebrations in India

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Rude shock for passengers as pilot lands in wrong airport

Kochi: A rude shock awaited passengers of an Alliance Air flight when they found the pilot had landed in Kochi though they were told they had reached their destination Kozhikode.

The Thiruvananthapuram-Kozhikode-Kochi-Agatti flight with 23 passengers landed here at 10.30 AM yesterday without proceeding to Kozhikode as the crew was likely to cross the Flight Duty Time Limit (FDTL) if it was operated on schedule, Air India sources said. Read More................Rude shock for passengers as pilot lands in wrong airport

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Stray dog delays landing of largest plane Airbus A380 at IGI Terminal-3

Airbus A-380 of Emirates Airlines on Thursday landed at the new Terminal-3 of the IGI airport here, proving its capacity to handle commercial operations of the world's largest aircraft.
However, the occasion was marred by the straying of a dog in the apron area of the terminal, delaying the docking of the super-jumbo plane with the aerobridge by half an hour.
The dog was chased away by airport officials just before the aircraft reached the designated aerobridge. Read More................Dog mars largest plane's T3 landing

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Drunk Man Found Asleep Inside Jet Engine

AN ALLEGEDLY drunk man was found in a commercial jet engine as it was being prepared for take-off.

The man was only spotted when an engineering and security team member saw a leg dangling from the rear of the engine.

Rubbing his eye in disbelief and after checking again to make sure it wasn't a delusion, he informed others, who then rushed to the engine. Read More................Drunk man found in engine of Indian Airlines Airbus A-320 at India's IGI Airport in Delhi

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Air passenger left stranded, as pilot's duty hours were over!

Vishakhapatanam: At least 70 passengers of a Mumbai-bound Spicejet flight were left stranded at the Vishakhapatnam airport on Sunday after their flight failed to take off.

Buzz up! After issuing boarding passes to the passengers, the Spicejet officials announced that the plane would not be able to take off in the absence of the pilot, who reportedly said his duty hours were over. Read More................Air passenger left stranded, as pilot's duty hours were over!

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10 air hostesses sacked for being overweight

One of the sacked airhostesses said that she was grounded two years back and had not been given salary since then. She got one month's salary along with the termination letter.

India's flagship carrier Air India has handed 10 air hostesses the pink slip for being overweight. Read more.....................................Air India sacks 10 air hostesses for being overweight

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Snake under an Aeroplane seat

NEW DELHI : Crew on an Air India passenger jet discovered a snake coiled up under a seat and were unable to catch it as it slithered around the plane, the airline said on Thursday. Read more.......................Snake on a plane: Indian airline

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When Airline Flyer Guzzled Honey

NEW DELHI: The security officials at the IGI Airport found themselves in a rather sticky situation on Sunday morning. They detained a passenger for carrying what they initially claimed were explosives, but which eventually turned out to be honey. Read more.........................................At IGI, flyer guzzles honey to defuse explosive charges

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Pig delays Flight

In Nagpur City in Maharashtra state of India, a major mishap was averted at Dr Ambedkar International Airport on Wednesday as the landing of a Mumbai-Nagpur Jet airways flight was aborted after a pig strayed onto the runway. Read more at TOI......................Pig strays onto runway, delays flight

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38 Overweight Airhostesses grounded

state-run Air India has grounded 22 overweight airhostesses - 22 working for its domestic and 16 for international services respectively, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said here Tuesday. Speaking in Parliament, the minister said cabin crews would be asked to reappear for weight check periodically and be assigned to flight duty once they confirmed to the prescribed weight limits. Read more................................................Air India grounds 38 overweight airhostesses

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Aircraft hits Neelgai (Blue Bull)

As many as 47 passengers of Air India flight -- IC 7801 -- from Delhi to Kanpur -- had a miraculous escape after the aircraft hit a wild cow on the Kanpur airport runway on Thursday (February 28).

The Air India flight IC-7801 hit a Neelgai (blue bull) as it came down on the runway and suffered an extensive damage to its nose with about a 1 feet deep hole. One of the propellers of the aircraft, a 48-seater ATR, was damaged. All passengers have escaped unhurt and have been sent to Allahabad via taxi. Read more......................Aircraft hits Neelgai on Kanpur runway

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Oxygen masks down, Air India plane flies

Every time you board an aircraft, you hear the standard pre-takeoff announcement of overhead oxygen masks falling in case of fall in cabin pressure. Most passengers feel this will never happen and don’t pay attention to it, but a recent Air India flight from Delhi to Mumbai flew all the way with the masks hanging over the heads of passengers.

The bizarre incident, a serious breach of established safety procedures, took place on AI’s Boeing 747 as it winged its way from Delhi to Mumbai on February 4. The oxygen masks got deployed automatically once the aircraft was airborne. Read more...............................Oxygen masks down, AI plane flies

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Chicken served to Pundit, Airline Fined

"Arvind Sharma", a cargo agent for a computer company in India, claimed that he was served 'Chicken Pakoda' on a Malaysian Airlines flight from Bangalore to Kuala Lumpur in March 2003 when he had asked for vegetarian meals......

Malaysian Airline System Bhd has been ordered by a magistrate's court to pay RM 20,000 ( Indian Rs Two Lakh) in aggravated damages to the Brahmin from India for serving him chicken in the flight.

"Being born in a Brahmin family, having been brought up in the Brahmin way of life and being a vegetarian accords him a social status and is addressed with the honorific 'Pundit' in India," the magistrate said adding that Sharma was entitled to self-respect and dignity.

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