Neha LM Tripathi
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DGCA should be turned independent, with own money and hiring: Proposal before govt (opens the original)
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India’s aviation regulator should be converted into an independent authority, created by a new law and with its own money and its own hiring, according to a proposal submitted to the government. The regulator has nearly half its posts vacant, a parliamentary panel has faulted it for “systemic” safety failures, and critics have accused it of bending its own rules last year during the IndiGo operational meltdown. The report, submitted to the ministry of civil aviation (MoCA) and seen by HT, recomm
Israel's Netanyahu hails Indian pilot Smit Machchar's heroics in saving 174 lives aboard flydubai aircraft (opens the original)
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid tribute to Indian pilot Smit Machchar's "extraordinary bravery" for opening the cockpit door on time despite being stabbed by his Omani co-pilot mid-air. Machchar's co-pilot attacked him intending to crash the Flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, September 30 evening. Despite being stabbed and seriously injured, Machchar opened the locked cockpit door, which allowed passengers and crew to overpower the co-pilot. Two flydubai
Stabbed flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar is Indian national, worked with SpiceJet earlier (opens the original)
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The pilot stabbed during Wednesday's incident on flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv is Smit Machchhar, an Indian national, people aware of the matter said. The Boeing 737 MAX 8 was diverted to Tabuk in north-western Saudi Arabia, where Machchhar and his co-pilot were taken to hospital. His condition was not immediately known. Machchhar has been a captain on flydubai's Boeing 737 fleet since June 2022, according to his LinkedIn profile. Before that he spent 11 years at SpiceJet in Mumb
Pilots' body seeks tax relief to stem exodus to Gulf carriers (opens the original)
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The Airline Pilots’ Association of India (ALPA India) has urged the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) to raise five targeted tax measures for pilots with the Ministry of Finance, arguing that the widening post-tax income gap with Gulf carriers is accelerating the loss of experienced aviation professionals from India. There was no immediate reaction from the aviation ministry at the time of filing this report. HT reached out to the Press Information Bureau for a comment but did not get one immedi
India pursues Xinjiang air route with China to mitigate Pakistan airspace ban: Aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu (opens the original)
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India is exploring an alternative air route over China’s Xinjiang to reduce the impact of the continued closure of Pakistani airspace, civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu said on Tuesday. Following the closure of Pakistani airspace after the Pahalgam terror attack in April 2025, Indian airlines operating flights to Europe and North America from northern and western India have been forced to detour over the Arabian Sea towards Muscat. The detour has added between 45 minutes and two hours of e
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