New Delhi: Close on the heels of a miraculous crash landing on river by a bird-hit plane in New York and the engine of a Kolkata-Guwahati flight catching fire after ingesting kites, the government has decided to take urgent steps to tackle this growing menace at Indian airports.

Chinmayi Shalya I TNN

Mumbai: A bird strike has always been one the worst nightmares for pilots, and the plane crash in New York shows how perilous avian activity around airfields can be. The Airbus 320, which landed in the Hudson, apparently crashed after a flock of geese were sucked into the two engines of the aircraft.

Dense fog over the Capital played havoc with flight and train schedules for the second day in a row on Tuesday with about 150 flights delayed and over a dozen cancelled. As many as 50 Delhi-bound trains were reportedly running late in what is being dubbed as one of the worst fog spells to have gripped the Capital in the past two years.

Farmers succeed in changing Sri Lanka government

Mohali: No joint venture company formed yet for construction activity, says AAI official

Almost a year has passed since an international airport was formally approved for Mohali. No work has, however, begun at the ground level as yet.

Dec. 8: Protesters from climate action group, Plane Stupid, on Monday morning caused chaos at Stansted Airport leading to flight cancellations and delays by their demonstration on the runway.

The protesters were demonstrating against the decision to allow the Stansted Airport to be build a second runway.

BY JAMES KANTER
Guilty about air travel? Soon you may be flying to Europe with fewer qualms
B y early next decade most of the jets that take off or land from busy airports in cities like London, Paris and Frankfurt will have to comply with European rules on greenhouse gases. The system will include non-European carriers like American Airlines and Singapore Airlines.