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Neha LM Tripathi

I am a principal correspondent with the national political bureau of the Hindustan Times. I track the aviation and railways ministry. I also write on travel trends. I cover the beats at the national level for the newspaper. Before being in Delhi, I have worked as a journalist in Mumbai as well. My hobbies include trekking and travelling.

Articles by Neha LM Tripathi

Airlines to introduce app that will allow you to track pets on flights

The app, Digi-pet, to enable owners to interact with their pets during air travel via smartphones or other devices, was launched in Mumbai on February 20. The service is expected to start soon.

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Updated on Feb 28, 2018 09:54 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

ONGC helicopters undergo safety audit in aftermath of Pawan Hans chopper crash

The Rotary Wing Association of India (RWSI) conducted a 15-day special safety audit for three of three providers of ONGC, Pawan Hans, Heligo and Global Vectra.

Five of the seven people who died in the Pawan Hans helicopter crash in January were ONGC staff members.(HT file photo)

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Updated on Feb 08, 2018 12:33 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Most Indians go abroad for work and not leisure

The total global outbound departures in 2016 were estimated to be 1.2 billion, but India’s share was just 1.3 percent, though it is home to nearly a fifth of the world’s population.

The study reveals that only 0.3 percent of India’s population holidays overseas in a given year.(HT/ File)

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Updated on Feb 04, 2018 12:43 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Mumbai airport’s main runway shut: Flight operations face no shake up

Airport officials said no flight had to be held in the air before landing or had to be diverted due to congestion.

Workers upgrade the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport’s main runway as flights operate from secondary one.(Satish Bate/HT)

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Published on Feb 02, 2018 11:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Main runway at Mumbai airport shut for 7 hrs daily till Feb 17, except on Feb 7 and 14

It will be shut for upgradation of a component in the instrument landing system, which will guide aircraft to the centre of the runway.

Flight operations began taking place from the secondary airport on Thursday, which may lead to delays.(HT File)

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Updated on Feb 02, 2018 11:29 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi

Mumbai will have to wait five years for Navi Mumbai airport: Maharashtra aviation minister

Meanwhile, the aviation ministry will try to enhance flight capacity at Mumbai’s congested Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA).

CIDCO officials had earlier said that one of the runways at the new airport would be operational by 2019.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Feb 01, 2018 10:18 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Mumbai airport least punctual among metros for 7 months of 2017

Aviation experts said it was unfair to compare Mumbai’s space-crunched airport with those in other metro cities

Mumbai airport does not have parallel runways, which restricts more traffic, thereby lowering the number of flight movements at the city airport.(HT File)

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Updated on Jan 29, 2018 09:11 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Tailor-made tours, adventure trips: How Mumbaiites plan to spend the long weekend

Travel portals say there has been a surge in bookings, compared to last year

According to Cox & Kings, destinations such as Goa, Aurangabad, Silvassa and Tadoba are the most popular among Mumbaiites.(HT File)

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Published on Jan 25, 2018 09:51 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Flier suffers cardiac arrest, dies on Delhi-Mumbai flight; family accuses airline of negligence

The family’s allegations were supported by another passenger, Sakshi Bharadwaj, who was seated ahead of the deceased

The family’s allegations were supported by another passenger, Sakshi Bharadwaj, who was seated ahead of Ahmed(FILE)

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Updated on Jan 24, 2018 11:05 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Pawan Hans chopper wreckage brought to Juhu airport for probe

The wreckage recovered from the sea was brought to the Juhu airport and was reassembled on Saturday morning.

According to a Pawan Hans official, 85% of the helicopter parts have been recovered.(HT photo)

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Updated on Jan 20, 2018 11:58 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Pawan Hans crash aftermath: ONGC explores technology to track errors in real time

Experts said that these monitoring measures can help reduce human errors and accidents.

The chopper crash on January 13 killed five ONGC employees and two Pawan Hans pilots.(HT file photo)

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Published on Jan 20, 2018 12:23 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

HT Impact: Pawan Hans now gets a dedicated safety head

Experts are of the opinion that lax safety standards in Pawan Hans may be one of the possible reasons that led to the crash.

The search operations on after the crash.(HT FILE)

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Updated on Jan 17, 2018 10:20 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Pawan Hans chopper crash: Family, friends give teary-eyed farewell to Captain Katoch

While speaking to a group of pilots who were her husband’s friends, Poonam recalled that Katoch was always proud of working with Pawan Hans and was happy that he got good colleagues.

Katoch’s daughters performed the last rites.(Satish Bate/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 17, 2018 11:12 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Pawan Hans chopper crash: Technical snag likely cause, say top officials

According to top officials close to the investigation, the Pawan Hans helicopter crash could be a result of technical snag.

Coast Guard personnel at the site.(HT FILE)

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Updated on Jan 16, 2018 12:15 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Pawan Hans helicopter’s undamaged black box will give clues on the accident, device to be decoded in France

The investigating officers said the black box, which was found in good condition, will provide clues regarding the exact cause of the crash.

Indian navy units engaged in search and rescue operation after Pawan Hans helicopter crash off Mumbai coast on January 13.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jan 15, 2018 10:47 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByNeha LM Tripathi

Pawan Hans chopper crash: Captain Ohatkar had flying experience of 15,000 hours

Ohatkar, 58, was to retire in two years. He is survived by his mother, wife and daughter and was planning to spend his retired life in Pune.

A closed one breaks down during Ohatkar’s cremation.(Satyabrata Tripathy/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 15, 2018 01:59 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Chopper crash off Mumbai coast: ‘Helicopter could have broken in the air’

Vouching for the expertise of the two pilots, Mumbai officials said this was the chopper’s first flight after it underwent a major routine maintenance repair after completing 500 hours of flying

Indian Coast Guard personnel looking for the missing people.(HT)

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Updated on Jan 14, 2018 01:24 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

SGNP to train Mumbai veterinary students, seek their help to rescue wild animals

Decision was taken to counter the deficit of veterinarians in the state

A leopard was rescued from a residential society in Andheri, on December 10(Satyabrata Tripathy/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 12, 2018 11:07 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Cow, tractor on tarmac disrupt schedule at two airports; flights diverted to Mumbai

Experts say overhaul needed to better air safety standards in the country

Two flights were forced to abort landing after a cow was spotted at the Ahmedabad airport.(Representational photo/HT)

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Updated on Jan 12, 2018 10:59 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

France, Iceland, Bali: 2018 has 16 long weekends, here’s where you can spend them

Going by last year’s trends, the travel service said international destinations that see a surge in popularity over long weekends include Dubai, Thailand and Bali

France remains a popular tourist destination.(HT File)

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Updated on Jan 06, 2018 11:39 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Train airline staff to be ‘civilised,’ says parliamentary committee

Asserts that salaries of the crew and ground staff come from the income earned from passengers

The panel pulled up Indigo airlines for an incident last year in which a passenger was manhandled(Reuters)

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Published on Jan 05, 2018 11:19 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi

Mumbai airport gets country’s first transit lounge at arrival area

Built by Aviserve Airport Services, the lounge was inaugurated in January 2017 but has been made fully functional now.

There are plans to introduce similar lounge facilities at the domestic terminal of the Mumbai airport.(HT file photo)

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Updated on Jan 02, 2018 12:17 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Plan to extend Mumbai’s Juhu airport runway to Arabian Sea dropped indefinitely

The consultants in their report stated that the plan was not feasible

The plan to extend the airport’s main runway to the Arabian Sea was first mooted in 2010 .(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Dec 21, 2017 11:02 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Air India moves Shubha Mudgal to economy class in Mumbai-Goa flight, offers refund after her tweet

She tweeted at 10am, “@airindiain What’s going on? You sell business class tickets. Turn the flight into an Economy flight. Don’t inform passengers. No refund. Refer AI 663.”

She earnt that the airline was using an all-economy aircraft while doing a web check-in from home at 2 am.(HT file photo)

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Updated on Dec 17, 2017 12:05 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Businessman held for teenage actor’s molestation could face 6-month flying ban

The alleged molestation surfaced after the teenage actor posted a video, alleging that a man seated behind her in business class rubbed his foot on her shoulder and neck during a Vistara airlines flight.

The actor’s mother said her daughter was inappropriately touched by a passenger seated behind her. (HT Photo / Representative)

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Updated on Dec 14, 2017 04:28 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByNeha LM Tripathi

Cases of unruly fliers down from 2015, says international association

Around 9,837 incidents of unruly passenger behaviour were reported in 2016, compared 10,854 in 2015

Around 58,000 unruly passengers have been reported to IATA between 2007 and 2016.(HT File)

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Updated on Dec 14, 2017 12:07 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Let flying model aircraft remain a sports activity, say aeromodellers

Aeromodellers will submit a draft Civil Aviation Requirement to DGCA by Friday, which will include requests to free it from age restrictions

Currently, aeromodellers fly their aircraft at Mahalaxmi racecourse or Amby Valley near Lonavla.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Dec 12, 2017 03:41 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Employees prefer strong corporate house take over Pawan Hans rather than colleagues

Some of the employees are among the potential bidders, which is allegedly not supported by majority of the employees

The government proposed to disinvest its entire equity shareholding of 51% in PHL through strategic disinvestment to investors, along with transfer of management control.(File photo)

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Published on Dec 07, 2017 11:51 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Mumbai seaplane will touchdown at sea tomorrow for the first time

Ten to 14-seater amphibious planes, which can land on water and land, will be operational in Mumbai soon

The seaplane flies at Marine Drive on Thursday.(Kunal Patil/HT)

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Updated on Dec 07, 2017 11:26 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

Cyclone Ockhi: Flights at Mumbai airport delayed by 15 minutes

A Mumbai airport official said continuous rains and wind patterns led to the direction of flight operations briefly being changed from runway 9 to 27

Airports Authority of India officials said a 15 minute delay was considered normal and hence did not have much of an impact on operations.(HT File)

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Updated on Dec 05, 2017 11:49 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNeha LM Tripathi, Mumbai

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The app, Digi-pet, to enable owners to interact with their pets during air travel via smartphones or other devices, was launched in Mumbai on February 20. The service is expected to start soon.

The Rotary Wing Association of India (RWSI) conducted a 15-day special safety audit for three of three providers of ONGC, Pawan Hans, Heligo and Global Vectra.

The total global outbound departures in 2016 were estimated to be 1.2 billion, but India’s share was just 1.3 percent, though it is home to nearly a fifth of the world’s population.

Airport officials said no flight had to be held in the air before landing or had to be diverted due to congestion.

It will be shut for upgradation of a component in the instrument landing system, which will guide aircraft to the centre of the runway.

Meanwhile, the aviation ministry will try to enhance flight capacity at Mumbai’s congested Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA).

Aviation experts said it was unfair to compare Mumbai’s space-crunched airport with those in other metro cities

Travel portals say there has been a surge in bookings, compared to last year

The family’s allegations were supported by another passenger, Sakshi Bharadwaj, who was seated ahead of the deceased

The wreckage recovered from the sea was brought to the Juhu airport and was reassembled on Saturday morning.

Experts said that these monitoring measures can help reduce human errors and accidents.

Experts are of the opinion that lax safety standards in Pawan Hans may be one of the possible reasons that led to the crash.

While speaking to a group of pilots who were her husband’s friends, Poonam recalled that Katoch was always proud of working with Pawan Hans and was happy that he got good colleagues.

According to top officials close to the investigation, the Pawan Hans helicopter crash could be a result of technical snag.

The investigating officers said the black box, which was found in good condition, will provide clues regarding the exact cause of the crash.

Ohatkar, 58, was to retire in two years. He is survived by his mother, wife and daughter and was planning to spend his retired life in Pune.

Vouching for the expertise of the two pilots, Mumbai officials said this was the chopper’s first flight after it underwent a major routine maintenance repair after completing 500 hours of flying

Decision was taken to counter the deficit of veterinarians in the state

Experts say overhaul needed to better air safety standards in the country

Going by last year’s trends, the travel service said international destinations that see a surge in popularity over long weekends include Dubai, Thailand and Bali

Asserts that salaries of the crew and ground staff come from the income earned from passengers

Built by Aviserve Airport Services, the lounge was inaugurated in January 2017 but has been made fully functional now.

The consultants in their report stated that the plan was not feasible

She tweeted at 10am, “@airindiain What’s going on? You sell business class tickets. Turn the flight into an Economy flight. Don’t inform passengers. No refund. Refer AI 663.”

The alleged molestation surfaced after the teenage actor posted a video, alleging that a man seated behind her in business class rubbed his foot on her shoulder and neck during a Vistara airlines flight.

Around 9,837 incidents of unruly passenger behaviour were reported in 2016, compared 10,854 in 2015

Aeromodellers will submit a draft Civil Aviation Requirement to DGCA by Friday, which will include requests to free it from age restrictions

Some of the employees are among the potential bidders, which is allegedly not supported by majority of the employees

Ten to 14-seater amphibious planes, which can land on water and land, will be operational in Mumbai soon

A Mumbai airport official said continuous rains and wind patterns led to the direction of flight operations briefly being changed from runway 9 to 27

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