Air safety

India’s aviation boom faces turbulence amid safety concerns

A series of crises at India’s two main carriers, Air India and IndiGo, has exposed safety and regulatory shortcomings in the world’s third-largest domestic aviation market.

Two more close calls at Sydney Airport add to safety concerns

The latest events raise concerns about potential collisions and persistent shortages of air traffic controllers at Sydney airport.

Stubborn vulture plucked from plane’s wing before Greece flight

A vulture had to be removed by firefighters from the wing of a plane awaiting take-off on the Greek island of Crete.

Aircraft near-misses at Sydney Airport spark concerns about air traffic controller shortage

Three recent near-misses at Sydney Airport have raised concerns about safety.

Etna eruption extends closure of Sicily’s Catania airport until Aug 15

Passengers at Catania Airport following the closure of the airport due to an ash cloud from Sicily’s Mount Etna.

Australia probes three near-misses at Sydney Airport

Questions have also been raised as to why it took so long for the incidents to be reported.

Bird remains found aboard 737 engine from Ryanair Greek incident

Svetlana Grkovic Maksimovic, wife of a Ryanair passenger partially sucked out of a broken window on a flight from Greece to Germany, shows a picture of the plane’s broken window.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Aug 12, 2026

Vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, on Aug 10.

Air India pilot tests positive for marijuana after mid-air plunge

Tata-owned Air India was battered by a record loss of 220 billion rupees (S$2.95 billion) in the year ended March 31.

Four killed in helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro

Firefighters working to put out a blaze after a helicopter crashed on Aug 8, killing four people, in Rio’s Tijuca National Park.

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