Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
At Brazil's main airports leaflets will be distributed warning passengers of the danger of contracting potentially fatal blood clots on long-haul flights. The threat of suffering deep-vein thrombosis while sitting on the cramped seats of the economy class sections of long distance flights has recently hit the headlines across the …
long distance air travel in the cramped seats of economy class can cause fatal blood clots, confirm doctors at Ulleval University Hospital in Oslo, Norway. A study by the clinic at Tokyo's Narita airport showed that in the past eight years 25 passengers had died due to blood clots after …
The Delhi high court has directed the Union government to ensure strict compliance of a ban on use of cellular mobile phones in aircraft. "The authorities must ensure that there is no use of mobile phones when a plane is in motion,' stated a division bench. "If there is any …
As the global energy crisis escalates, eco-friendly modes of transport are being increasingly ignored. This is reflected in the rapid growth in air travel, which has increased nearly 100-fold since 1950. It touched an all-time high in 1998 with 2,600 million passenger-km (a measure of passenger traffic that takes into …
the Bombay high court has ruled that the helipad constructed by Tata Electric Companies ( tec ) at Cuffe Parade contravenes the Coastal Regulatory Zone ( crz ) notifications and provisions of the Aircraft Act, 1934. However, the court said the company was free to seek clearance from the ministry …
in 1975, a dc -10 taking off from New York City's John F Kennedy airport lost one of its three engines when it ran into a flock of seagulls. The plane slid off the runway and caught fire, but no one was hurt. The passengers of a Boeing 707, however, …
the Union government is planning to prohibit location of landfill sites within a 10-km radius of airports and airbases in the direction of the fly-in tunnel and within three kilometres in other directions. The move is to ensure that birds hovering over landfills do not obstruct the air passage and …
consider this: You are about to check in for your connecting flight and you discover your ticket is not with you. A frantic search but it is untraceable. To free you from these pre and post-travel tensions, ticketless travel involving two airlines is fast gaining ground with support from airline …
Special paints are needed to protect aircraft from temperature extremes and corrosive chemicals such as exhaust fumes. But now aircraft need not get repainted every five years. Industrial and chemical giant 3M has developed "aircraft paint replacement film', a specially developed fluoropolymer, self-adhesive and coloured. It is applied to the …
when a damaged aircraft goes out of control in mid-air, the last resort is to jump out of the plane with a parachute. But this can be quite difficult at times. It is by no means easy to jump out of a spinning aircraft. Cirrus Design, a us company based …
airlines have enormous fiscal benefits, because they don't have to pay excise on kerosene, let alone a levy on carbon dioxide ( co 2 ) or nitrogen oxide ( no x ) pollution by aircraft. Therefore, the real costs of flying must be paid, says Nannie van Vliet, a campaigner …
owls are providing scientists with tips on improving the design of the Stealth aircraft. The winged predators could provide clues to reducing noise in future aircraft. The prey of owls
Tiny mechanical failures can result in plane crashes. To prevent this, a team from Iowa State University in the US has come out with a new method of detecting metallurgical snags in engine components. The researchers have developed a portable eddy current scanner that will show up hidden defects. The …
people taken ill on aircraft or ships will soon be able to get expert treatment with help of a telemedicine system based on video conferencing technology and developed by a joint European and us team led by Alenia Aerospazio of Italy. Until now, doctors could communicate with crews only by …
The border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea has taken a new turn, with Ethiopian jets trying to destroy a vital water source in Eritrea. Ethiopian MiG-23 fighter planes bombed a reservoir 50 kilometres from the Eritrean port of Assab. An Ethiopian communiqu
flight recorders for all civil aircraft built after 2004 will have back-up power supplies built in, air safety experts have decided. The move followed the crash of a Swissair jet off Halifax, Nova Scotia, in September 1998, in which two black boxes
noise from aeroplanes in the us has reduced considerably and will reduce further, says the Federal Aviation Administration, usa . A law passed by the Congress in 1990 says that airlines will have to reduce the number of noisy planes they fly. By 1999, these planes will make up less …
