NEW DELHI — An Indian air force (IAF) MiG-29 crashed into a mountain during a night-flying exercise in the northern part of the country Oct. 18, the second crash this month and the seventh IAF MiG fighter to go down this year. According to air force officials, two MiG-29s from western air command took off from Adampur in Jalandhar in northern India on Oct. 18 for an exercise in high altitude, and one of them crashed into a mountain at around 8:30 p.m. local time.

India’s Civil Aviation Ministry Thursday ruled out plans to divest its equity stake in cash-strapped and debt-ridden national carrier Air India. “There is no plan of disinvestment in Air India or to bring an Initial Public Offering in the near future by the government,” India’s Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi says.

A $70 million joint-venture maintenance, repair and overhaul facility recently completed at the Hyderabad International Airport will be operational in November. MAS-GMR Aerospace Engineering is a joint venture of Malaysian Aerospace Engineering Sdn. Bhd, a subsidiary of Malaysian Airline System (MAS), and GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd., a subsidiary of GMR infrastructure Ltd. in India.