After being deployed, it can swing into action through gravitational force, providing essential energy for onboard avionics.

Air Canada's Aeroplan, its frequent flyer program, updated its award charts in September 2022. The resulting changes are a mixed bag. Some North American routes might increase in cost up to 10% ...

From Captain Sully’s Hudson River landing to the tragic Dana Air crash in Nigeria, here are five incidents where planes lost thrust in both engines mid-flight, and what followed.

The pilot issued a 'Mayday' call to Air Traffic Control (ATC) shortly before the aircraft lost contact. In the event of an in-flight emergency, pilots rely on a universally recognised distress signal ...

When the pilots screamed ‘Mayday, Mayday, Mayday,’ it was a desperate, last-ditch cry for help, ... In a tragic turn of events, an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 242 passengers and crew ...

Ahmedabad Plane Crash: In the wake of the tragic Air India flight 171 crash near Ahmedabad airport, which has caused devastation both in the air and on the ground, one key term has emerged repeatedly ...

According to air traffic control at Ahmedabad airport, the aircraft departed at 1.39 pm (0809 GMT) from runway 23. It gave a "Mayday" call, signalling an emergency, but thereafter there was no ...

An Air India Boeing 7878 (Flight AI171), carrying 242 people, crashed five minutes after take-off from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. It issued a Mayday call shortly ...

In aviation terminology, a MAYDAY call is the most serious distress communication possible, signalling that the flight is facing an immediate threat to safety and requires urgent assistance. The DGCA ...

A London-bound Air India flight, carrying 242 people, crashed into a residential area in Meghaninagar near Ahmedabad airport, on Thursday. According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ...

The officers gave a mayday call to ATC minutes after taking off. However, they didn't respond to ATC's reply. Also read: PM Modi's first reaction to Air India plane crash: ‘Heartbreaking beyond ...

An Air India B787, flight AI-171, crashed immediately after takeoff from Ahmedabad, en route to Gatwick. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) reported 242 individuals were aboard.