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22 injured as flight from Singapore to Mumbai hits turbulence

More than 400 people on board a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 superjumbo from Singapore to Mumbai had a narrow escape after it was hit by a sudden turbulence on descent, injuring 22 passengers and......

36 dead in Manila casino attack

IMAGE: Smoke billows from the Resorts World building in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines. All Photograph: Erik De Castro/Reuters Thirty-six bodies have been found inside......

World's largest aircraft has an engine blowout

A Qantas Airlines A-380 aircraft made an emergency landing at Singapore's Changi Airport on Thursday. The double-decker plane, flight QF32 bound for Sydney from Singapore, was carrying 433......

Kozhikode crash: 'We won't know the truth'

'The DGCA, the ministry of civil aviation, Air India, the Airports Authority, all of them together form what I call an organised syndicate.''In India, it is a fashion to blame the pilot because......

World's largest jetliners to debut in US

The world's largest passenger jetliners -- two 555-seater double-decker Airbus A-380s -- are expected to make their debut in the United States with almost simultaneous landings in New York and Los......

What A380's failure can teach the shipping industry

As a model of transport, the A380 strikes a parallel -- a shared fragility -- with giant container ships, observes Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: A container ship is loaded at a container terminal in......

Stunning images of Airbus A380

The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and due to......

Lufthansa's superjumbo A-380 to fly to Delhi

After Singapore Airlines and Emirates, Lufthansa on Wednesday announced the launch of flights of the superjumbo Airbus A-380 to India from New Delhi later this month. The German carrier's A-380......

Saudi Prince buys A380 Flying Palace

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, chairman of Kingdom Holding company will become the first private owner of A380 Flying Palace, Airbus said. The man behind one of the world's......

Planning A Trip To Dubai? Read This

The bulk of Indian carriers flying to Dubai are low-cost carriers, which include IndiGo, Air India Express, and SpiceJet. IMAGE: An Emirates Airbus A380-800 plane approaches for landing at Dubai......

Can Arsenal, City, Chelsea topple Liverpool?

IMAGE: Winning back-to-back titles for the first time since 1984 is likely to prove a rather more arduous challenge for Liverpool. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Armed with around 260 million......

Duleep Trophy: Pratham, Varma hit centuries as India A dominate

IMAGE: India A's Pratham Singh celebrates scoring a century against India D on Day 3 of the Duleep Trophy match on Saturday. Photograph: BCCI/X Tilak Varma and Pratham Singh smashed centuries as......