Evening brief: IAF chief on Balakot operation; IndiGo flight hits Air India Express plane at Kolkata airport, and more
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Operations like the 2019 air strikes on a terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot have shown, if political will is there, aerospace power can be used effectively behind enemy lines “in a no-war, no-peace scenario under a nuclear overhang” without allowing the actions to escalate into a full-blown conflict, Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said on Wednesday. The air strikes against the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror base were India’s response to the Pulwama suicide car bomb attack in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men were killed on February 14, 2019. Dig deeper
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An IndiGo aircraft brushed the wingtip of a Chennai-bound Air India Express plane with 169 passengers on board when it was awaiting clearance to enter the runway at the Kolkata airport around 10.30am on Wednesday, prompting regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to launch a probe and off-roster two pilots. An Air India Express spokesperson said the wingtip of a taxiing aircraft of another airline grazed one of their planes, which was stationary and awaiting clearance to fly to Chennai. “The aircraft has since returned to the bay and further investigation is underway, for which we are coordinating with the regulator and airport authorities. We apologise for the inconvenience caused to guests due to external circumstances.” Dig deeper
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