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An incident occurred at Delhi airport on Thursday afternoon when the wings of an Akasa Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 and a SpiceJet Boeing 737-700 aircraft made contact on the taxiway near Terminal 1 around 2:15 pm. The Akasa Air plane was preparing for its flight to Hyderabad, while the SpiceJet aircraft had just arrived from Leh. Both aircraft sustained damage and have been grounded for inspection, though all passengers and crew were safely disembarked from both planes. Akasa Air stated their aircraft was stationary at the time of the contact, while SpiceJet reported damage to its right winglet and the other aircraft's left-hand horizontal stabilizer, with authorities investigating the occurrence.
These AH-64E Apache choppers are part of a contract to supply six helicopters, enhancing India's defence capabilities.
The regulator has now formally advised Indian carriers to conduct inspections and submit compliance reports to the DGCA and relevant regional offices
The FAA's notification followed questions raised by a preliminary report into the Air India Boeing 787-8 crash, but the FAA does not consider this an unsafe condition.
The death count was below the authorities' earlier estimate of 270 but officials remained cautious on the final toll.
Due to political tensions, night curfews are also in the airspace of many East Asian and European countries.
The assurance comes even as more than 66 Air India flights scheduled to operate with the Dreamliner aircraft were cancelled.
Stephanie Pope met Air India Chairman N Chandrasekaran at the airline's headquarters in Gurugram, near New Delhi airport.
Air India's fleet, owned by the Tata Group, includes 26 Boeing 787-8s and 7 Boeing 787-9s.
On Thursday, authorities recovered the first black box from the wreckage of the crash.
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