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Virgin Galactic set for rocket-powered test flights

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, a commercial six-passenger spacecraft is set to make its first rocke...

Fire in Jet Airways plane; passengers safe

About 158 passengers on board Jet Airways Riyadh-Mumbai flight on Monday escaped unhurt after a fire...

Sandy Dahl, widow of 9/11 pilot dies

Sandy Dahl, one of the tragic faces of 9/11 attacks after her husband was killed when piloting Unite...

Grounded due to snag, Jet flight leaves for Mumbai

A Jet Airways return flight for Mumbai, which was grounded at the Diu airport took off for its desti...

Solar plane begins first transcontinental flight

An experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Switzerland on its first transcontinental fligh...

‘Pak not allowing passenger flights from Srinagar’

Omar Abdullah said it was strange that Pakistan was allowing passenger flights over its air space fr...

Families of Lockerbie victims still seek answers

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence official, has died of cancer, his fam...

Dust storm hits Delhi, delays flights

A layer of dust covered the capital Thursday bringing down visibility and delaying the landing of fl...

Flight recorders found in crashed Sukhoi

Flight recorders of the Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ-100) that crashed in Indonesia killing 45 p...

Man held with 50 live cartridges at IGI airport

A man has been arrested with 50 live cartridges in his baggage at the Indira Gandhi International (I...

Two AI flights from Kozhikode cancelled

Air India on Thursday cancelled its two international flights from Kozhikode and rescheduled another...

Four flights cancelled from Kerala

Four Air India flights were today cancelled from Kerala on the second day of the strike by the airli...

Anger, sighs as 9/11 families watch terror hearing

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other defendants were arraigned on charges that include terrorism and...

Air India flight delayed after tyre burst

A Mumbai-Delhi Air India flight was delayed by over five hours after one of its tyres got deflated a...

‘Pakistan plane suddenly dived before crashing’

The Bhoja Air plane that crashed near the Islamabad went into a sudden dive shortly before it disapp...

Flight operations at Pune airport suspended for 4 hours

The runway was closed between 9.20 am to 1 pm to facilitate repairs of the aircraft and normal incom...

Is humanity quietly abandoning a future in space?

As astronaut, Leroy Chiao worries humankind is unthinkingly ditching space exploration and a future ...

Emergency landing: Gatwick airport halt flights

London`s Gatwick airport suspended all flights today after a US-bound passenger jet was forced to ma...

Malaysian flight returns due to technical glitch

A Kuala Lumpur-bound Malaysian Airlines flight was forced to return 90 minutes after it took off fro...

Lockerbie bomber health deteriorating, says family

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was taken from his home in Tripoli to the intensiv...

Spice jet flight makes precautionary landing

A Spicejet airlines Ahmedabad-Chennai flight was diverted to Mumbai following some technical glitche...

Runway blocked in China to protest flight delay

Passengers blocked the runway at Shanghai airport to protest against poor compensation for delay o...

Korean Air jet diverted in Canada after threat

A Korean Air passenger jet made an emergency landing at a Canadian military airbase after a call cen...

‘Kuwait-Iraq flights to resume after 20 years’

Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, after which flights between the Iraq and its small neighbour to the so...

Second indigenous airborne radar flight tested

India`s second indigenous airborne warning radar built on board a Brazilian Embraer plane has been s...

US: Jet makes emergency landing over bomb scare

The captain of JetBlue Airways Flight 191 from New York`s John F. Kennedy International Airport was ...

US launches five rockets to chart high-altitude winds

NASA launched five rockets early today to measure a high-altitude jet stream some 105 kilometers abo...

Jet flights cause delays at Mumbai airport

An alert ATC prevented a mishap at the Mumbai airport on Thursday evening.

Round-trip flights to Mars within a decade

The trip will cost $500,000, payable through PayPal, Daily Mail reported Thursday.

Fog covers Beijing, nearly 200 flights cancelled

Beijing Capital International Airport said 199 flights were cancelled as the visibility at the airpo...

Show time for commercial spaceflight at hand

The first privately owned passenger spaceship is on track for a test flight beyond the atmosphere th...

Flight with J&K Dy CM makes emergency landing

Jammu-bound flight with J&K Dy CM made an emergency landing at Srinagar International Airport minute...

How monster black holes shape their galaxies

Astronomers have been mystified by the curious correlation that exists between the mass of a galaxy’...

Saudi teen arrested in flight ruckus sang of Osama

Authorities say Yazeed Mohammed A Abunayyan swung his fist at a flight attendant, tried to hit passe...

Chennai: Flights delayed due to poor visibility

Poor visibility owing to a layer of haze disrupted flight movements at the Chennai airport.

Manned mission to space station this year: China

China today said that it will launch its manned space mission "Shenzhou-9" by August this year, deny...

`Xombie` rocket makes first free-flight for NASA

The autonomous flight occurred earlier this month at the Mojave Air and Space Port about 90 miles no...

UK snow chaos: Some India bound flights cancelled

Many people spent the night in cars when traffic grounded to a halt on roads as swathes of snow swam...

Technical snag delays departure of Spicejet flight

A technical snag in a Delhi-bound Spicejet from here led to delay in the aircraft`s departure by nea...

UAE carrier operates first biofuel-powered flight

UAE`s national carrier Etihad Airways has operated its first biofuel-powered flight, a step towards ...

India conducts flight trials of Air Vehicles

Flight trials of Micro and Mini Air Vehicles designed and developed to meet many requirements were ...

Bird-hit causes flight to stop on runway

A Raipur-bound Indigo flight, carrying 123 passengers and crew, had a narrow escape.

Flight operations normal at IGI Airport

Flight operations were on Saturday normal at the IGI Airport which witnessed major disruptions for...

Dense fog hits Delhi; flights, trains delayed

Dense fog enveloped the national capital on Thursday morning and visibility fell to near zero level,...

Bhopal: NRI woman alleges molestation on flight

An NRI woman passenger in a Bhopal-bound flight has alleged that she was molested by a person when ...

Plane bound for Kozhikode lands in Kochi!

Destined to first land at Kozhikode after taking off from Thiruvananthapuram, the passengers of an A...

Beijing`s first snowfall disrupts flights

Beijing Capital International Airport confirmed the snowfall has disrupted 10 flights.

Fog delays 25 flights at IGI

Dense fog enveloped the IGI Airport Saturday morning, delaying around 25 flights.

Fog hits flight operations at IGI

Flight operations came to a standstill at the IGI Airport here Friday morning after dense fog enve...

Fog disrupts flight operations at IGI

Dense fog enveloped the IGI Airport Thursday morning, delaying 15 flights.

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