"The AI865 flight on Thursday got delayed as it developed a technical snag. It had to return to the bay. Passengers started knocking on the cockpit door, asking and taunting the pilots to come out," said an airline official. "One male passenger even said that he will break open the cockpit door if the pilots didn't come out," the official said, adding the situation inside the plane "went from bad to worse".
The move is expected to give a major relief to Air India, which suffered a huge financial loss of around Rs 491 crore.
The DGCA is conducting special audit of all airlines and airports which are in monsoon-affected areas in the wake of multiple landing incidents across the country.
About 350 Boeing 737 Max 8 are currently in service with airlines around the world, with thousands more on order. Boeing insists it has no reason to pull the popular aircraft from the skies.
DGCA has told the airline that only "air worthy" aircraft, which are completely fit for flying, should be used in operations.
There was buzz of Piyush Goyal being elevated to Cabinet rank but only Prakash Javadekar made the cut.
The regulator had issued alerts in June and July of 2015.
Popular antacid Mucaine Gel, manufactured by Pfizer's subsidiary Wyeth Laboratories, was also found laced with the heavy metals as well as cadmium.
In 2013, Daiichi had launched the arbitration proceedings in Singapore.
Alkem Labs was issued drug alerts twice last year -- in June and July -- for its drug Glimekem.
The draft bill allows euthanasia for patients who can take informed decisions; doctors to be protected from liability.
Daiichi alleged that Singh brothers had concealed and misrepresented critical information concerning US Food and Drug Administration and Department of Justice investigations into Ranbaxy
In 2014, Sun Pharma agreed to buy Ranbaxy -- which was then controlled by Daiichi.
NHAI to pull plug on Rs 3,000-crore ventures for poor show
Sanjeev Vashishta, chief executive officer at SRL Diagnostics, talks to Deepak Patel about expansion plans and regulations for the sector.
Govt bans brands with annual sales worth Rs 3,728 crore.
Between 2011 and 2014, they indirectly determined the price of tyres in the market, says report
Lobby group tells USTR it has got assurance from India on compulsory licensing.
A dialysis machine contributes only 6 per cent to the overall cost.
11 states were assessed for access to clean water, energy and sanitation and use of iodised salt.
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