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#ImportantUpdate Air India group has announced expanded fuel surcharges on domestic and international routes, following a steep rise in jet fuel prices driven by the Gulf region’s geopolitical situation. The new fuel surcharges - also applicable to Air India Express - will be introduced in a phased manner starting 12 March. Read more here: airindia.com/in/en/newsroom…

Introducing the 2026 F1 opening titles! 😍 #F1 #AusGP

EX-RUSSIAN PILOT FACES $1.5M LAWSUIT AFTER 2023 URAL AIRLINES EMERGENCY FIELD LANDING Russian pilot Sergei Belov faces a 118.9 million ruble (~$1.5M) lawsuit for damage caused during a 2023 emergency field landing in the Novosibirsk region, according to court filings revealed on January 22. The claim covers damage to the right landing gear bay door, three fan blades of the right engine, six wheels, and four brakes, with costs based on repairs. Belov piloted Ural Airlines Flight U6-1383, an Airbus A320 that lost its Green hydraulic system en route from Sochi to Omsk. The crew diverted to Novosibirsk for its longer runway but failed to notice the landing gear could not retract, increasing drag and fuel consumption. With fuel critically low, the crew declared an emergency and landed in a field 185 km west of Novosibirsk. All passengers survived; the aircraft was later dismantled. A later-retracted investigation cited crew errors, miscalculated fuel planning, poor workload distribution, and inadequate fuel monitoring, while tracing the hydraulic failure to wear of a flexible hose. The case raises a key question for global aviation: Should pilots face personal financial liability for complex systemic failures, or are they now being blamed and sued for decisions made during in-flight emergencies? ✈️⚖️

December 18, 2026. #AvengersDoomsday

Watch how we install @Starlink on our Boeing 777. Our first flight with ultra-fast inflight Wi-Fi is already airborne, with more aircraft being upgraded every month.

Wg Cdr Namansh Syal is the pilot who died in today’s Tejas crash at the Dubai Air Show. Deepest condolences to his family, the squadron & the IAF. Blue skies, Namansh. 💔

BREAKING: Boeing confirms recommendation to ground MD-11 fleet “while additional engineering analysis is performed” (via ⁦@theaircurrent⁩)

Update on Technical Fault at IGI Airport, New Delhi NEW DELHI, November 7, 2025 - AAI at Indira Gandhi International Airport addressed a technical issue in the Automatic Message Switching System (AMSS), which caused delays in processing flight plan messages. The issue was detected on November 6, 2025, in the IP-based AMSS system. Immediately, the review meeting was conducted by the Secretary, MoCA, with Chairman AAI, Member ANS, and other officials, and necessary directions were given to address the issues. The OEM was engaged, and additional staff were deployed to manually process Flight Plans for the Air Traffic Control system to ensure uninterrupted and safe air traffic operations immediately. A team of ECIL officials and AAI personnel is still on site. The AMSS systems are up and functional now. Due to some backlogs, there may be some delays in the normal functioning of automated operations, but the situation will be normal soon. We regret the inconvenience caused to airlines and passengers. @MoCA_GoI @PIB_India @MIB_India @mygovindia @RamMNK @mohol_murlidhar @vipinkumarIAS @DelhiAirport

While #AI171 flight recorders lay at Ahmedabad from 13-24 June holding critical safety data, we get a closeup view of the #UPS2976 Blackbox memory module. @MoCA_GoI @DGCAIndia

”For want of a nail, the horse was lost.” A foreign CEO is appointed to lead a low-priority, loss-making airline — a decision made by the bean counters at the top of the Bye Bye group. The CEO, hailing from a low-cost carrier (LCC), sees this as a career opportunity — a chance to showcase the turnaround of a failing Full Service Carrier (FSC). Eager to prove results, the Chairman and board impose ambitious KPI benchmarks. With limited scope to grow revenue or improve margins in premium segments, the CEO focuses on aggressive cost-cutting to justify his compensation package. A heavy capex cycle only deepens the losses. Engineering quality deteriorates as experienced staff are replaced with cheaper, junior-level hires. The CTO, incentivised to reduce expenditure, cuts corners further. Non-critical maintenance is deferred through FY 2024–25 to save short-term costs. Soon, even the basics falter. Fleet maintenance issues — including recurrent toilet and water leakages — are patched temporarily and postponed for proper repair. Water leaks. Urine conducts electricity. Short circuit follows. Computers fail. Engines fail— on takeoff. The organisation eventually wakes up to the magnitude of the crisis — the damage to its global brand and to the larger “Bye Bye Group.” Leveraging its influence as a major political donor, the conglomerate pressures the government to steer public opinion and manage investigations. In the end, the pilot becomes the scapegoat — sacrificed to contain liability and protect the company’s image. That’s it. Bye Bye.

This is the closest you’ll get to the cause of @airindia #AI171—so technically rigorous it’ll make seasoned #B787 pilots sit up. That’s investigative journalism; the rest is just relaying handouts. @MoCA_GoI @DGCAIndia @NTSB @EASA @icao #AAIB @aaibgovuk @BEA_Aero @TSBCanada

WATCH: New, clearer dashcam footage captures the moment UPS MD-11 Flight 2976 crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky. #UPS #PlaneCrash #Louisville #Breaking

Loudly heard the explosion, and the several booms afterwards and the smoke plume from the explosion all the way here in Mt Washington. Please keep those affected in your thoughts and prayers. Such a tragedy! #UPSPlaneCrash #UPS2976

BREAKING: Video shows crash of UPS Flight 2976 while taking off from Louisville International Airport in Kentucky

European @EASA pilots feel the heat with their scientific #FDTL. You can well imagine what is the state of Indian Pilots flying unscientific @DGCAIndia prescriptive FDTL. @MoCA_GoI Time for collaborative decision making. eurocockpit.eu/news/easa-laun…

All Systems GO for the #A320neo Family! ✈️ With more than 7000 of the world's most successful single-aisle Family on order, Airbus is robustly expanding its industrial footprint and capability around the globe to reach civil aerospace’s highest-ever production target by 2027. Read more ➡️ fly.airbus.com/A320-Family-Ra…

Innovation just got a bold new look. Say hello to the newly reimagined GE Aerospace Flying Test Bed. If you guessed our trusted, high-tech hub for testing jet engines was getting a new livery, you were right! This transformation celebrates the spirit of innovation that drives us and marks the start of a new chapter in our journey to advance the future of flight. Its look may be new, but its mission remains unchanged: push boundaries, test what’s next, and take aerospace further than ever before. #GEAerospace #NewEraOfFlight #QueenOfTheSkies

Grok analysis of the #AI171 Landing gear image that I posted earlier. x.com/i/grok/share/t… @MoCA_GoI @DGCAIndia #AAIB

🚨 Smoking-Gun in the #AI171 prelim report. Was the Lever moved to the Down position post recovery? 🧭 Our macro shows a clean, wiped track inside the 787 gear-lever groove—after soot/mud. 🛠️ That pattern = possible post-recovery / in-situ lever movement. 📊 If Flaps 5° were verified by EAFR, why not landing gear too? 📁 Publish the black-box gear discretes now (lever / doors / uplocks / WOW). #AI171 #B787 #Transparency @MoCA_GoI @DGCAIndia #AAIB