Aviation Archives

Air India: The BEST Buses of the Sky

The new FDI norms might spell the end of Air India as we know it. For nostalgia’s sake, we hope it takes a page out of BEST’s book. Mumbai’s bus service has been on the brink of privatisation for a few years, but has tenaciously hung on.

Dushyant Shekhawat May 31, 2016

History

The Lion Air Crash and Other Times When Planes Came Down

The morbid visual of a huge metal object plummeting from the sky commands a grim fascination. From the hair-raising footage of a plane crashing into a bridge in Taiwan to a miraculous river landing in New York, here’s what happens when planes and cities cross paths.

Arré Bench May 29, 2016