New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- Just over a month into the year 2026, a series of plane crashes and close calls has once again brought aviation safety into focus. While commercial air travel remains a popular mode of transport, a series of accidents involving private and commercial aircraft has marked the early months of the year.

On Tuesday, 3 February, two passenger aircraft, an Air India and an IndiGo plane, suffered a wingtip grazing incident on the ground at Mumbai airport. Both planes had passengers on board when the incident happened. In January, seven people were killed and a crew member was seriously injured after a Bombardier Challenger 600 business jet crashed during takeoff in heavy snowfall at Maine's Bangor International Airport in th...