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FLY BY RULES: DGCA hikes Runway Visibility Range for Category C planes to 150 meters.

FLY BY RULES: DGCA hikes Runway Visibility Range for Category C planes to 150 meters.

New DGCA rule adds to chaos at Delhi airport

A new rule notified by Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for airlines is expected to ground flights even when they can take off in foggy conditions. The new DGCA rule was meant to make flying safer for us during foggy conditions but what it has ended up doing is ground even those pilots who have the technical ability to fly through fog, adding to the congestion at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport.

JET, SET, NO GO: Passengers given boarding passes and then told the plane will not take off.

Pilot's duty ends, passengers dumped

Passengers given boarding passes and then told the plane will not take off.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/pilots-duty-ends-passengers-dumped/108496-3.html

THE DARK KNIGHT: BJP President Rajnath Singh was in Jharkhand for a one-day visit.

Rajnath's plane takes off in dark

BJP workers brought jeeps to light the runway in Jharkhand's Dumka airport.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/rajnaths-plane-takes-off-in-dark/103598-37.html

MIDAIR SCARE: The midair scuffle at the Air India flight could have risked the lives of the passengers.

DGCA inquires AI midair scuffle

The aviation regulator wants to know if the aircraft's safety was compromised.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/dgca-inquires-ai-midair-scuffle/102756-3.html

INTO THE AIR: A part of the roof of the swanky terminal 1-D blew off in Saturday

DGCA to probe airport roof mishap

A part of the roof of the swanky terminal 1-D blew off in Friday's rain-storm.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/dgca-to-probe-airport-roof-mishap/99754-3.html

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