11 test pilots, 2 test engineers graduate from AFTPS in Bengaluru

May 22, 2020

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 23 : Eleven Test Pilots and two Flight Test Engineers of the 42nd Flight Test Course graduated from the Air...

ICPA demand stay on Breath Analyser test amid raging COVID-19, writes to DGCA

Apr 13, 2021

New Delhi [India], April 13 : Pilots' union of national carrier Air India (AI), Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), on Tuesday wrote a letter...

1,761 loco pilots failed breathalyser tests in 5 years: Railways Minister Vaishnaw

Dec 15, 2023

A total of 1,761 loco pilots have failed the Breathalyser (BA) test in the last five years, Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw informed...

Five Air India pilots test positive for COVID-19, had flown cargo flights to China

May 10, 2020

New Delhi [India], May 10 : Five Air India pilots, who had undertaken cargo flights to China, have tested positive for coronavirus during the...

DGCA suspends 9 pilots, 32 cabin crew members for failing pre-flight breath analyser test

May 10, 2022

New Delhi [India], May 10 : The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended nine pilots and 32 cabin crew members who failed...

Chuck Yeager, pilot who broke sound barrier, passes away

Dec 08, 2020

Washington [US], December 8 : Chuck Yeager, the first person to break the sound barrier and one of the U.S. Air Force's most decorated...