Alliance Air Flight 7412 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Alliance Air, from Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport to Indira Gandhi International Airport. On the day of 17 July 2000, while on approach to its first stopover in Patna, the Boeing 737 operating the route nose-dived and crashed into a residential […]
What it is that it is …? Q1. Do you know the cruising altitude of an aircraft ? Q2. Why are aircraft windows Round in shape ? Q3. Do you know which is the dirtiest place on the aircraft ? Q4. Do you know the average life of an commercial aircraft ? Q5. Why do […]
Even today thousands of people across the world, who own pets especially dogs and cats wonder if they can travel with their furry friends! Well, traveling with your pets is very much possible. Today more and more airlines are making arrangements for passengers to travel with their pets especially dogs and cats on board. But, […]
Why is it that it is ….? The document contains answers to the following questions: 1. Is an Aircraft more fuel efficient than a car ? 2. Is Pointing Laser at an aircraft a CRIME? 3. Pilot – Copilot – Crew, all have different set of Meals .. Really ? 4. Living near a flight […]
Every time you see an aircraft fly through the sky at night you observe lights of different colors flickering in the sky. It is obvious that those flickering lights are the lights fitted on the exterior of the aircraft that have a significance of its own. These lights are engineered with 3 basic purpose in […]
Why is it that it is ….? The document contains answers to the following questions: 1. What are those “arrows” marked inside of the cabin of the aircraft ? 2. Why cabin crew dims the lights while landing ? 3. Do oxygen masks only have about “15-minutes worth of oxygen” ? 4. What are those […]
Why is it that it is ….? The Document contains the answer of the following questions: 1. Can aircraft fly with One engine ? 2. What if all the engines of an aircraft fails in flight ? 3. Why Black Box is Orange in colour ? 4. What happens when lighting strikes aircraft in flight […]
Why is it that it is ….? The document contains answers to the following questions: 1. Significance of the tiny “Hole” in the aircraft’s window! 2. You get drunk faster at cruising altitude! But Why? 3. You can get stuck on a plane toilet if you flush while sitting down! 4. Can aircraft doors be […]
As a matter of fact to power the aircraft and to provide required amount of thrust “Turbo” engines are used and there are basically “5 types” of turbo engines with varied applications. So let’s find out the differences. What is a Turbo Engine? An Internal Combustion engine equipped with turbo chargers is a turbo engine. […]
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a UN Specialized Agency, is the global forum for civil aviation. ICAO works to achieve its vision of safe, secure and sustainable development of civil aviation through cooperation amongst its member States. It is this organization that formulates standardized principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the […]
