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Flight operations at Kozhikode may be curtailed over land issue
Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia wrote to the state government in this context on Monday

Updated on Jun 28, 2023 03:18 AM IST
23 kg gold seized at Kozhikode airport, passengers from 7 flights searched
Customs officials said this is one of the biggest haul in recent times in the country. The operation was carried out jointly by a team of the sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and the customs department after a tip-off.

Published on Feb 03, 2022 06:44 AM IST
hindustantimes.com, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Gold worth Rs 81.2 lakh seized from Kozhikode Airport
According to the Commissionerate of Customs (Preventive), in the first instance, about 1.6 kg gold worth approximately Rs 77 lakh was seized from inside a battery case of a Bluetooth speaker from a passenger travelling from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.

Published on Nov 28, 2020 12:55 PM IST
Kochi |
Asian News International | Posted by Arpan Rai
Air India crew members who survived Kozhikode air crash given special leave to recover from tragedy
While the two pilots lost their lives in the Kozhikode air crash, all four cabin crew were rescued. Total 18 people had lost their lives in the tragedy.

Updated on Aug 15, 2020 03:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai |
Neha LM Tripathi | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi
DGCA bans use of wide-body aircraft at Kozhikode airport for monsoon season
Wide-body aircraft like the Boeing 747 and Airbus A350 have a bigger fuel tank and can therefore travel longer distances in comparison with narrow-body planes like the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320.

Updated on Aug 12, 2020 01:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Anisha Dutta
No wide-body planes at Kozhikode airport during monsoon: Aviation regulator
The aviation regulator is also planning to conduct safety audits across airports in regions that receive high rainfall.

Updated on Aug 11, 2020 09:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Anisha Dutta | Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi
Gul Panag on Kozhikode plane crash: A commercial pilot carries a far greater responsibility than a fighter pilot
Actor Gul Panag, a certified pilot herself, shares that the news of plane crash in Kerala is ‘depressing’, says the investigations should be made ‘public’, ‘whether it is holding people responsible for unwell marked lights on the runway or other stuff’.

Updated on Aug 10, 2020 10:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , New Delhi
Juhi Chakraborty‘Spirit of solidarity’: Hardeep Puri lauds locals who rescued Kozhikode crash victims
Eighteen people, including the two pilots of the Air India Express aircraft, died and more than 100 were injured in the accident on Friday evening.

Updated on Aug 09, 2020 02:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Meenakshi Ray
Centre to give Rs10 lakh to kin of deceased, Rs2 lakh to seriously injured in AI Express crash
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday reached Kozhikode Airport to take stock of the situation and implementation of relief measures being carried out at the crash site where an Air India Express flight crash-landed on Friday evening, killing 18 people.

Updated on Aug 08, 2020 02:52 PM IST
Kozhikode |
Asian News International | Posted by Prashasti Singh
‘Kozhikode plane crash not an accident but murder’: Air safety expert Capt Mohan Ranganathan
Ranganathan explained how table-top runways, the one in the case of the Kozhikode airport, have very little space and therefore require more safety features. “There’s no escape for an aircraft if it overruns,” Ranganathan told HT.

Updated on Aug 08, 2020 04:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Aditi Prasad | Edited by Sparshita Saxena
Kozhikode’s tabletop runway risky for landing, officials warned 10 years ago
The safety concerns were first raised following the 2010 Air India Express crash in Mangalore that killed 160 people on board.

Updated on Aug 08, 2020 04:59 PM IST
Hndustan Times, New Delhi |
Anisha Dutta | Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi
‘Our thoughts are with everyone’: UN aviation body ‘saddened’ by Kerala plane crash
At least 19 people have been reported dead as Air India Express flight IX 1344, with 190 people on board, overshot the runway at the Kozhikode airport on Friday.

Updated on Aug 08, 2020 12:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Sparshita Saxena
Rahul Gandhi accuses Centre under PM Narendra Modi of bias against non-BJP states
Gandhi, who held over 10 roadshows across his constituency spread over three districts of Wayanad, Malappuram and Kozhikode, left for New Delhi from the Kozhikode airport this afternoon.

Updated on Jun 10, 2019 12:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Thiruvambady/Mukkam(Kerala) |
Press Trust of India