NEW DELHI/PANAJI: The deluge of anonymous online hoax threats causing turbulence in airline operations since mid-Oct continued Sunday, affecting over 50 flights operated by various carriers amid futile attempts by the govt to get social media platforms to filter such messages.IndiGo alone received “security-related alerts” for 18 flights through the day, of which two –…
Amid the chaos caused by hoaxes, the 220-odd passengers stranded in the remote town of Iqaluit in Canada after Air India‘s Delhi-Chicago flight was diverted there Tuesday following a bomb threat reached their destination Wednesday onboard a Royal Canadian Air Force Airbus A330, albeit without their checked-in baggage. Due to flight-duty time limitations, the crew…
MUMBAI: With the revised rules governing the duty and rest periods for airline pilots kept in abeyance indefinitely, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has endangered pilot and passenger safety, said the Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) in a letter sent to civil aviation minister on Thursday.On Jan 08, the DGCA had published a…
