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This Year Air India made 23 emergency landings all at IGI airport
06 September 2010
Carrier blames defective Airbus fleet from 1989. Till this June, the country's national carrier Air India reported 23 emergency landings in the domestic sector, all of them at the Indira Gandhi Intern read more... |
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No Air India flights for Haj this year Saudi carriers win bid battle
06 September 2010
It was for first time, Air India may not operate any flights for the Haj this year-it will only be the nodal agency for flights. While an MoU is yet to be signed between the ministries of civil aviati read more... |
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Miami International Airport Shut Down
05 September 2010
On Friday Miami International Airport was shut down for several hours after screeners at airport spotted a metal canister inside the luggage "that greatly resemble a pipe bomb", of a scientist that ev read more... |
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Tourist Cafes to give information in 8 Different Languages
05 September 2010
To address the information needs of native and foreign guests during the Commonwealth Games, 2010, tourist information cafes would be set up across the Capital.
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Air India aircraft at Dubai Airport Threatened
03 September 2010
Air India faced a major embarrassment in June when Air Traffic Control (ATC) at Abu Dhabi threatened to refuse its aircraft permission to take off from Dubai airport, because it had not updated a cruc read more... |
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95 snakes found in burst bag at Kuala Lumpur airport
03 September 2010
Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian man pleaded guilty to wildlife smuggling after his bag bursting with 95 live boa constrictors broke open on a luggage conveyer belt at read more... |
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Typhoon Kompasu batters South Korean Capital Seoul
03 September 2010
Typhoon Kompasu has struck the South Korean capital Seoul, downing power lines and causing transport chaos. At least three people were killed and dozens more inj read more... |
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Bomb in Indigo Airline Hoax Call
03 September 2010
Just to delay the flight's departure, passenger telephoned the call centre of the Indigo airline and announced there was a bomb in the aircraft.
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New Zealand Earthquake News
03 September 2010
A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. The quake hit at 4:35 a.m. (1635 GMT) shakin read more... |
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Mexicana de Aviacion has suspended all flights
02 September 2010
After three weeks of filing for bankruptcy protection Mexicana de Aviacion has suspended all flights, as a last-minute rescue package failed to materialise.
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New Delhi Gaya Mahabodhi Express Derailed
02 September 2010
A New Delhi - Gaya Mahabodhi Express derailed from the track few kilometers away from the Ghaziabad Junction on Wednesday. No one hurt in the incident, Railway traffic held up for a couple of hours. T read more... |
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Houseboats in Jammu and Kashmir Dal Lake
01 September 2010
Himachal Pradesh Government plans to start houseboats in the lakes to attract more tourist in Jammu and Kashmir, Dal lake is the biggest tourist attraction place in the Jammu and Kashmir. A beautiful read more... |
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News - Rajdhani Train Accident averted : engine derails
31 August 2010
An alert driver on Monday averted a major train accident by using emergency brake when the Howrah bound down Rajdhani Express developed a technical snag outside Baruipur station in Hooghly district re read more... |
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Hire Auto Rickshaw from Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport
31 August 2010
Passengers travelling by budget carriers now might have an option of hiring an auto rickshaw from the Delhi airport. At present, auto rickshaws are not allowed to pick up passengers from the Indira Ga read more... |
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Flights to Srinagar will continue : Diverted to Avantipura
31 August 2010
The civil aviation ministry Monday said that air services will continue to Srinagar during the 12 days the airport would remain closed for maintenance and flights would be diverted to Avantipura durin read more... |
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Go Air Airlines will fly to Patna, Pune, Lucknow and Leh
31 August 2010
Go Air announced to add four new destinations - Patna, Pune, Lucknow and Leh - to its flight network over the next two months, as well as add two new aircraft to its fleet. While services to Patna wil read more... |
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Indonesia Volcano Eruption Alert
29 August 2010
Government of Indonesia has issued a red alert after the Sinabung volcano on the island of Sumatra erupted, spewing smoke and ash 1,500 metres into the air and forcing the evacuation of thousands of p read more... |
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Jet Airways flight 2302 catches fire
28 August 2010
A Chennai bound Jet Airways flight 2302 carrying 153 passengers which was scheduled to take off at 8.20 pm, was delayed by 35 minutes catches fire in Mumbai on Friday night. A fire alarm received from read more... |
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Sri Lanka On Arrival visa for Indians is Suspended
28 August 2010
The Sri Lanka Government decided that Indian tourist will not get visa on arrival from September 30, 2010 it means tourists coming to Sri Lanka will now have to get their tourist visas stamped from Sr read more... |
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British Airways Pilot mistake
27 August 2010
A Boeing aircraft 747 of British Airways pilot pressed a wrong button caused mid-air scare on Friday 27 August. There were 275 passenger in the flight flying from Heathrow to Hongkong heared an emerge read more... |
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Air India Domestic Check in counters close 40 minutes before departure
26 August 2010
National Carrier Air India has decided to close its check-in counters 40 minutes before the scheduled departure of domestic flights from Thursday. Airlines started informing passengers about the new d read more... |
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Srinagar International Airport will be closed
26 August 2010
Srinagar International Airport will be closed for repair for 12 days, this is second time in 12 years. There will be no flights from the Srinagar. Airport is being closed for re-surfacing of the runwa read more... |
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China Plane Crash
25 August 2010
A jet plane was crashed by Chinese passsenger while trying to land the plane on a runway which was covered by fog. This incident happened in the northeast of China, resulting into burst and flames, 42 read more... |
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Lucknow Airport Tragedy averted
23 August 2010
It was a loud thud that made the AI pilot stop the plane even after he had the permission to fly. The Pilot of the Lucknow - Delhi flight IC 412 aborted take-off as he headed the craft towards the run read more... |
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Tourist bus hostage in Manila 9 freed
23 August 2010
In a shocking incident a bus in the Philippine capital on Monday with 24 passengers is seized by a dismissed policeman armed with an automatic rifle. In the hostages most of them are tourists from Hon read more... |
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Major train accident in Howrah averted
22 August 2010
A major accident was averted when two trains moving in opposite directions came on the same tracks at Sankrail in the Howrah - Kharagpur division today when the driver of a train apparently overshoot read more... |
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Flights disrupted due to heavy rainfall at Indira Gandhi International Airport
20 August 2010
Flights disrupted due to heavy rainfall at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, runway closed for more than 30 minutes because of poor visibility and wet surface. read more... |
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Mangalore Air India Express air crash conversation
20 August 2010
The Air India Express air crash in Mangalore conversation between the pilots and Air traffic Controller has shown that co-pilot Ahluwalia more than once urged Captain Zlatko Glusica not to land and in read more... |
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Mumbai Airport will be closed for Six months
20 August 2010
Mumbai airport to be closed for repairs for six months from the year-end, beacuse of this airline fares double it rise by upto 50% in the peak of travel season, beginning September. The cross runway o read more... |
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Delhi - Andhra Pradesh Express train stopped after the bomb hoax call
19 August 2010
A hoax call about bomb planted in the Delhi - Andhra Pradesh Express, the train was stopped immediately after the call on Wednesday. The train was stopped at Faridabad Railway Station after a ca read more... |
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Joshimath and Badrinath highway is blocked due to cloudburst
19 August 2010
The highway between Joshimath and Badrinath is blocked due to cloudburst hundred of pilgrims are stuck in Chamoli distric of Uttarakhand. Cloud burst on Monday flooded the Alakananda which washed away read more... |
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5th Century Buddhist Travel Destination found near Kabul
18 August 2010
Afghani archeologists have discovered and uncovered Afghanistan's Buddhist-era past in the south of Kabul. There were stupas, temple, colorful frescos ornamented with gold and some coins, big and smal read more... |
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Special Shatabadi Train will be launch in between Delhi and Agra
17 August 2010
A special Shatabadi train is going to be launch in between Delhi and Agra from October 3rd to facilitate the comuters specially visiting Taj Mahal during the common wealth games. This initiative is ta read more... |
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Colombian Airline Aircraft Boeing 737 crash
17 August 2010
A Colombia Airline Aircraft Boeing 737 crash, split in three due to lighting strom but only one passenger is dead. Passengers were scatter, this is lucky escape for all except one a 73 year old woman read more... |
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Proof of Identity require for Travelling by Indian Railways
17 August 2010
It is the major relief that the Indian Railways has start accepting credit cards issued by banks with laminated photograph as proof for the passenger on Aug 6, this is good for those passengers who do read more... |
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Indra Gandhi International Airport was closed on 11th and 12th August 2010
12 August 2010
On Wednesday (11th August 2010) air space was closed for two hours approximately at IGI airport. A number of flights got reschedule by two hours delay in their flying schedule.
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American government is going to steeply hike H-1B and L-1 visa fee
11 August 2010
The US House of Representatives approved the bill on Tuesday that would steeply hike H-1B and L-1 visa fees. This step has been taken to fund America's border protection measures with Mexico, which ha read more... |
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Leh Cloudbrust
07 August 2010
A cloudburst on Friday at Leh has brought great destruction over a large area.
The Leh - Manali road is closed now due to mud, but is expected to be opened in a couple of days.
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Manali - Leh Highway is blocked by Landslides
06 August 2010
The Manali-Leh highway blocked since Wednesday night due to the Landslides at Baralacha La and Rahni Nallah in Himachal Pradesh.
Around 100 vehicles are stucked at both places.
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In India Air Safety will come at the cost of Rs.12 per passenger.
04 August 2010
In India air travellers might have to pay a safety fee of Rs 12 per passenger to fly safely within and from India under the sharp eye of another aviation regulatory agency that would repla read more... |
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Visa on Arrival for Malaysia drops.
03 August 2010
The Malaysian government has permanently stopped the visa on arrival facility offered to Indian tourist to visit their country. This step has been forced upon due to 40,000 Indian tourist went missing read more... |
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Does Indian Citizens require visa for
02 August 2010
The following is the result of my research for the countries which permit an Indian passport-holder to enter without a visa or by obtaining a visa upon arrival.
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ACMA green lights new licensing arrangements for mobile communication services on Australian Aircraft
30 July 2010
There is a good news for air plane passengers in Australia; radio communications licensing arrangements are finalised by Australian Communications and Media Authority to facilitate mobile communicatio read more... |
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Pakistan Plane crash death tolls to 152, no survivors till yet reported.
28 July 2010
The deadliest plane crash ever in Pakistan of Air Blue Airbus A320 with 152 passangers on board crashed into Margalla Hills on the outskirts of Islamabad, leaving no survivors including six crew membe read more... |
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Jet flight makes emergency landing
28 July 2010
Major air tragedy averted when a bird hit a Jet Airways flight just after it took off from the Amaushi airport in Lucknow today i.e. Thursday morning.
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Japanese woman dies, many injured, in Swiss train accident
24 July 2010
GENEVA (Kyodo) : 64-year-old Japanese woman from Hyogo Prefecture died and 42 others, mostly Japanese Tourist, were injured in a train accident Friday in the al read more... |
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Women in veils denied bus ride in United Kingdom
24 July 2010
LONDON : Metroline , The London bus company said in a statement on Friday that it had claim by two Muslim women that they were not allowed to get on a bus in th read more... |
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Bad-nosed' Jet Airways plane stuck at Ahmedabad, passengers safe
23 July 2010
Ahmedabad: Jet Airways flight had a miraculous escape at Ahmedabad airport on Thursday when plane suffered a nose wheel breakdown during landing. Fifty-seven passengers and four crew members were flyi read more... |
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Strike Cripples French Flights
22 July 2010
Flights in and out of paris and across France were severly disrupted on Wednesday when air traffic controllers staged a one day strike in protest at plans to unify west European airspace under a singl read more... |
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Worst flood in 10 yrs kills 1000 in China
22 July 2010
BEIJING: Travel and Tourism industry has been effected most this year for China because of flood. More than 1,000 people have died or disappeared in severe flooding in China so far this year, and the read more... |
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