Shadman Islam, Author at aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/author/shadmanislam/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:41:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://aviospace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/463575282_2477404082464408_3209599391009761950_n-150x150.jpg Shadman Islam, Author at aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/author/shadmanislam/ 32 32 Inside Bhogapuram: What PM Modi Inaugurated at Andhra Pradesh’s New Half a Billion Dollar International Airport https://aviospace.org/inside-bhogapuram-what-pm-modi-inaugurated-at-andhra-pradeshs-new-half-a-billion-dollar-international-airport/ https://aviospace.org/inside-bhogapuram-what-pm-modi-inaugurated-at-andhra-pradeshs-new-half-a-billion-dollar-international-airport/#respond Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:12:48 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=17376 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport (ICAO code VOVI) at Bhogapuram on Saturday, August 1, 2026, ANI reported. The Greenfield airport sits in Vizianagaram district, about 45 kilometres from Visakhapatnam, and will become North Andhra Pradesh’s main gateway for domestic and international travel. Modi landed at the new runway and […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/inside-bhogapuram-what-pm-modi-inaugurated-at-andhra-pradeshs-new-half-a-billion-dollar-international-airport/feed/ 0 How Common and Dangerous Are Bird Strikes in Bangladeshi Aviation? https://aviospace.org/how-common-and-dangerous-are-bird-strikes-in-bangladeshi-aviation/ https://aviospace.org/how-common-and-dangerous-are-bird-strikes-in-bangladeshi-aviation/#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:32:44 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=17239 On July 21, 2025, a Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashed into Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Diabari neighbourhood  killing 36 people, most of them children. The FT-7BGI aircraft, flown by Flight Lieutenant Md Towkir Islam, went down minutes after taking off from a nearby air base when the pilot lost control during a […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/how-common-and-dangerous-are-bird-strikes-in-bangladeshi-aviation/feed/ 0 How Common and Dangerous Are Bird Strikes in Pakistani Aviation? https://aviospace.org/how-common-and-dangerous-are-bird-strikes-in-pakistani-aviation/ https://aviospace.org/how-common-and-dangerous-are-bird-strikes-in-pakistani-aviation/#respond Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:11:57 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=17021 Pakistan sits on the Central Asian Flyway, the migratory corridor that funnels birds between Siberia and South Asia, and that geography collides directly with the country’s busiest runways. Between 2018 and 2022 alone, Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) recorded 622 bird strike incidents nationwide, an average of well over one every three days, according to […]

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]]> 5 Military Aircraft That Became Casualties of the Russia-Ukraine War https://aviospace.org/5-military-aircraft-casualties-russia-ukraine-war/ https://aviospace.org/5-military-aircraft-casualties-russia-ukraine-war/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2024 16:58:11 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=3968 The mutual sanctions and air restrictions resulting either in cancellation or rerouting of flights, increase in ticket prices, issues with titanium sourcing, and higher fuel costs: the Russia and Ukraine war has had a huge impact on the aviation industry among other economic issues. Along with this, the war halted aircraft deliveries to Russia and […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/5-military-aircraft-casualties-russia-ukraine-war/feed/ 1 From the An-225 to the Ka-52: 5 Aircraft Lost in the Ukraine War https://aviospace.org/an-225-ka-52-5-aircraft-lost-ukraine-war/ https://aviospace.org/an-225-ka-52-5-aircraft-lost-ukraine-war/#respond Wed, 21 Feb 2024 04:20:26 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=1462 Only a few hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a “special military operation” in Ukraine, the Russian Airborne Forces launched an airstrike on Hostomel Airport on February 24, 2022. The airport was home to the lone Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest aircraft ever built. The Hostomel Airport, also known as the […]

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