241 Bird hits in 2009 causing Rs 7 crore loss to airlines in India
An Air Deccan flight, which was grounded because of a bird hit at the Visakhapatnam airport. Bird hits have proved especially expensive to airlines this year. 
Cash-strapped airlines have been pounded on another front suffering a loss of at least Rs 7 crore this year on account of bird hits. As of October, 241 bird-hit cases were reported. Read the rest of this entry »
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SALEM: After a 16-year wait, the airport at Salem in western Tamil Nadu became operational again, with 
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KOLKATA: After trying to fob off Indian officials and investigators all of Sunday night, one of the pilots of the United Arab Emirates air force aircraft detained at Kolkata airport since Sunday finally admitted to the plane carrying a consignment of weapons. The C-130 Hercules among the biggest transport aircraft in the world was on its way to Xiangyang, China, from UAEAF’s Western Air Command base in Abu Dhabi. Although the UAE government had the necessary clearances from Indian authorities for the flight to land in Kolkata, it had not informed that the aircraft would be carrying weapons. 
New Delhi: A woman and her five-year-old son, who arrived from the US on Thursday, have tested positive for swine flu or H1N1 virus in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The two travelled to India via Dubai and arrived in Chennai on May 28. The same day, they took a 
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MUMBAI: A fire broke out on Monday at a Kingfisher airlines office at the domestic airport in Mumbai. Fire tenders have been pressed into service to douse the blaze, a Kingfisher spokesperson said. 
NEW DELHI: Demanding better pay package and medical benefits, nearly 300 contractual security and commercial workers of Air India boycotted work on Monday and staged a demonstration at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here. 
Mumbai: While the heist at the Mumbai airport wherein armed robbers sped with 145 kilogram of gold and silver coins continues to amaze security personnel and airport officials alike, there was one guard who tried to stop the robbers and eventually paid for it with his life. 
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