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30 Jan

South Korea: Black boxes retrieved from fire-destroyed Air Busan plane; French team to join probe

Seoul, Jan 30 (IANS) South Korean authorities on Thursday retrieved black boxes from an Air Busan passenger plane that caught fire at a South Korean airport earlier this week, as they sought safety measures in the run-up to launching a probe, the land ministry said. On Tuesday, the Airbus plane operated by budget carrier Air Busan and bound for Hong Kong caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in the country's southern city of Busan before takeoff. All 176 people on board were safely evacuated using an escape slide, though seven suffered minor injuries, Yonhap news agency reported. The cause of…

30 Jan

Should’ve been prevented: US President Trump on Washington plane crash

Washington, Jan 30 (IANS) As the death toll from the deadly plane crash in Washington continues to rise, US President Donald Trump said that the accident "should have been prevented" and questioned why the authorities failed to inform the helicopter to divert its route. A mid-air collision over the Potomac River near Washington's Reagan National Airport has claimed at least 18 lives, as rescue teams continue to search for survivors. The crash involved American Airlines Flight 5342 and a Black Hawk military helicopter. Taking to his social media platform 'Truth Social', Trump posted, "The airplane was on a perfect and…

29 Jan

South Korea: Busan airplane fire leaves seven with minor injuries

Seoul, Jan 29 (IANS) At least seven people have been injured after a fire broke out in an aeroplane at South Korea's Busan airport, all with minor injuries, fire authorities said on Wednesday. On Tuesday night, an Air Busan plane bound for Hong Kong caught fire at its tail while preparing to take off from Gimhae International Airport in Busan, some 320 kilometres southeast of Seoul, prompting all its 176 passengers and crew members to evacuate, reports Yonhap news agency. Fire authorities in Busan said Wednesday that seven people were receiving treatment at hospitals for injuries sustained in the fire.…

24 Jan

Travellers warned of disruptions at Australian airports during ground worker strike

Sydney, Jan 24 (IANS) International travellers have been warned to expect disruptions at Australia's major airports as ground workers strike. According to Australia's 9News network, more than 1,000 ground workers employed by aviation services company Dnata at Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane airports on Friday staged four-hour work stoppages amid an ongoing pay dispute. Qantas, Australia's flag carrier, has said its domestic services will not be affected but that it has put contingencies in place for international flights from Sydney. Up to 20 major international carriers contract Dnata for ground handling for international operations in Australia. Michael Kaine, National Secretary of…

24 Jan

Canberra’s Australia Day drone shows delayed due to risk to threatened bats

Canberra, Jan 24 (IANS) Planned drone shows to celebrate Australia Day in the nation's capital have had their start time pushed back to prevent harm to a population of threatened bats. The population of about 2,500 grey-headed flying foxes -- an endemic species listed as vulnerable to extinction by the federal government -- live in Canberra's Commonwealth Park on the shore of Lake Burley Griffin between October and June. Each night at around 8:45 pm local time, the bats leave the park en masse to feed on fruit. That nightly phenomenon has prompted authorities to delay the drone shows over…

24 Jan

IndiGo clocks 18.6 pc drop in Q3 profit at Rs 2,448.8 crore

Mumbai, Jan 24 (IANS) InterGlobe Aviation, the parent company of IndiGo, on Friday reported a 18.6 per cent drop in its consolidated net profit for the third quarter (Q3) of the financial year 2024-25 (FY25). The company posted a profit of Rs 2,448.8 crore in Q3, down from Rs 2,998.1 crore during the same period last year. The decline in profits was largely due to a 20 per cent rise in its expenses, which reached Rs 20,466 crore, compared to Rs 17,064 crore in the same period last year. As a result, the airline’s profit after tax (PAT) margin fell…

13 Jan

Man killed in light plane crash in northern Australia

Canberra, Jan 13 (IANS) A man has died and a woman has been hospitalized after a light plane crashed in Australia's Northern Territory (NT). The 63-year-old man and 29-year-old woman were the sole occupants of the plane when it crashed in a recreational area about 50 km southeast of Darwin on Sunday, local authorities reported. NT Police, Fire and Emergency Services said in a statement that the crash was reported to police at about 10:20 am local time. Emergency services were deployed to the scene where the 63-year-old pilot was found deceased inside the plane. The woman was pulled uninjured…

11 Jan

Black box of South Korea’s crashed passenger jet fails to work for last four minutes

Seoul, Jan 11 (IANS) The black box of a passenger jet that crashed in South Korea's southwestern airport late last month failed to work for the last four minutes, the transport ministry said Saturday. The result of analyzing the ill-fated airplane's Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) by the US National Transportation Safety Board showed that data storage in both the FDR and the CVR stopped about four minutes before its crash into a localizer, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The ministry's aviation railway accident investigation committee planned to identify the cause of…

11 Jan

South Korea: Black boxes of crashed Jeju Air plane missing final four minutes of data

Seoul, Jan 11 (IANS) The black boxes of the Jeju Air Co. passenger plane involved in last month's fatal crash has been found to lack data from the final four minutes before the explosion, according to investigative authorities on Saturday. According to South Korean authorities, an analysis by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the B737-800 aircraft showed that recordings stopped on both devices approximately four minutes before the aircraft collided with a localiser structure. The explosion occurred at 9:03 a.m. on December 29, 2024, when the…

02 Jan

Indian Oil inks 30-year pact to operate fuel stations at Noida International Airport

Noida, Jan 2 (IANS) The Noida International Airport (NIA) has signed a 30-year concession agreement with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) to operate fuel stations at three key locations within the airport premises. This collaboration will ensure uninterrupted access to high-quality fuelling services at the airport, supporting the Noida International Airport's vision of a seamless and efficient aviation hub, according to a company statement issued on Thursday. The agreement encompasses the establishment and operation of three fuel stations by the country’s biggest oil company. These will be near the main western access road for passengers, there will be one airside…