The railways was not intimated about a Dussehra event along the tracks that led to the deaths of at least 61 people in Amritsar.
Existing norms mandate 2/3rd of members of an airline's board must comprise Indian nationals
The minister said drivers are given specific instructions on where to slow down the train.
IndiGo's president and director Aditya Ghosh apologised for the incident and said stern action was taken against an airline staff for manhandling the passenger.
Would all the planes standing around in the floodwaters able to fly out this weekend, if the waters recede? Or would they need to go for a health check-up?
In February 2013, the airline under the then chairman Rohit Nandan decided to shift its base to New Delhi.
With passengers flying Indian skies getting more and more unruly, day by day, airlines are forced to stock rope and handcuffs on board and use them as they did the other day on a Dubai-Delhi flight.
The CBI today registered three FIRs and a preliminary enquiry to probe alleged irregularities in Indian Airlines-Air India merger and purchase of 111 aircraft, leasing of planes and giving up of profit-making routes by Air India, causing a loss of thousands of crore of rupees.
An eyewitness travelling in the train claimed some passengers suffered minor injuries.
Prabhu said he was 'extremely pained by the unfortunate accidents, injuries to passengers and loss of precious lives'.
'All Shatabdis and Rajdhanis should be converted to this type of high-speed train.' 'There should be a sleeper version of the train.' 'Right now, there is only a day version of the train.' 'Unless you develop a sleeper version, it will not be possible to replace the Rajdhani.' 'Work on the sleeper version was stopped for some reason. It should be revived now.'
He said four weeks have been given to submit the report to find out who was at fault.
Prima facie it appears that fractured railway track is the cause of accident as per local assessment.
Only nine of the airline's 370 daily flights were making profits.
The flight arrived at Wuhan's Tianhe International Airport on Friday evening. While the official number of students to be airlifted in the two flights is not known, Indians who reached the Wuhan airport on Friday said they were told that 374 were expected to be airlifted by the Air India flight. India has taken an undertaking from the Indians travelling in the two flights that they would be quarantined for 14 days after their arrival, besides undergoing special checks at the Wuhan airport.
A Mumbai-Delhi air ticket is now available upwards of Rs 3,700 for next day travel on all airlines.
10 women and six minors are among the injured, the officials said.
The disappointment of the year is government's failure in finalising the re-drafted aviation policy.
Gaikwad was travelling from Pune to New Delhi when the scuffle broke out over the sitting arrangement.
Punjab chief minister Capt.Amarinder Singh has announced Rs 5 lakh to kin of each deceased and free treatment to injured in government and private hospitals.
'There are enough funds to solve this problem.'
"Unless he tenders an unconditional apology to AI employees, and undertakes in writing to abide by the Chicago and Tokyo Conventions & Rules of the Air and follow all cabin safety and public behaviour norms, we must not let him on board," says the letter.
The DGCA probe detected serious issues related to safety oversight.
Air India's outgoing CMD Rohit Nanda helped the airline tide over crisis.
'This is not just Make in India; this is much more than that. Right from design to delivery, everything was done in India.'
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