As teams prep for Axiom-4’s return, crew continues with science on orbit | India News

Axiom-4 crew (Image credits: ANI) BENGALURU: Weather permitting, the four-member Axiom-4 mission (Ax-4) crew, including Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla (Shux), is set to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) at around 4.35 pm IST on Monday (July 14). Hours after Steve Stitch, manager, Nasa commercial crew programme had confirmed the undocking date, Axiom Space…

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AI plane crash probe: What happened before the Mayday call? Timeline of final moments | India News

NEW DELHI: Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released its preliminary report into the Air India plane crash that claimed 260 lives in Ahmedabad.The report revealed that the deadly crash occurred after both engines’ fuel control switches turned from RUN to CUTOFF, leading to sudden loss of thrust. Here is sequence of events as detailed in…

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Engine 1 and Engine 2 cut off within 1 second: What caused Air India plane crash? 10 key findings from probe report | India News

NEW DELHI: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIM) Saturday released its preliminary report into the tragic crash of Air India 171 in Ahmedabad on June 12, which claimed 260 lives.The 15-page preliminary report, released a month after tragic crash, details the early findings and current status of the investigation into the crash of Air India…

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Congress: New Telangana BJP chief rewarded for Vemula ‘murder’ | India News

Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Congress Friday lashed out at BJP for appointing N Ramchander Rao as its Telangana president, asking if the party has rewarded him for “his leading role” in the “institutional murder” of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in 2016. Congress demanded BJP withdraw the appointment and…

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‘Canada not your playground’: SFJ threat to Kapil Sharma | India News

Kapil Sharma (File photo) NEW DELHI: A day after pro-Khalistan terrorists opened fire at Kapil Sharma‘s cafe in Surrey and Germany-based Babbar Khalsa Operative Harjeet Singh Laddi claimed responsibility, terror group SFJ released a video confronting Sharma “for backing Modi’s Hindutva ideology while investing in Canada”. SFJ chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said, “To Kapil and…

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Holding protest to voice dissent a fundamental right: Delhi court | India News

NEW DELHI: A protest for voicing a dissenting opinion “is not only the hallmark of democracy but also a fundamental right” guaranteed under the Constitution, a Delhi court on Thursday said.The observation was made by additional chief judicial magistrate Neha Mittal while discharging 10 TMC functionaries, including MPs Derek O’Brien, Sagarika Ghose and Saket Gokhale,…

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‘Fuel supply to AI 171 Dreamliner engines got cutoff 3 seconds after liftoff, plane crashed 29 seconds later’: AAIB in preliminary report | India News

NEW DELHI: New Delhi: The initial probe into the crash of AI 171 has revealed that three seconds after getting airborne from Ahmedabad on June 12, fuel supply to both engines of the Air India Boeing 787 operating as AI 171 got cut off. The engines’ fan speed began dropping and the aircraft weighing 213.4…

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Air India 171 crash probe: Cockpit audio reveals pilots’ confusion over mid-air fuel cutoff – 10 key points from AAIB preliminary report | India News

NEW DELHI: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has released its preliminary report into the Air India plane crash that killed 260 people in Ahmedabad on June 12.The 15-page report, published late Friday, outlines the initial findings and status of the investigation into the crash of Air India Flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner headed…

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