CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Air India on Tuesday became the first airline in the world to use a Taxibot on a A320 aircraft with passengers onboard. Taxibot is a robot-used aircraft tractor for taxiing an aircraft from parking bay to runway and vice versa.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is generally used to move an aircraft from the terminal gate to take-off point (taxi-out phase) and returning to the gate after landing (taxi-in phase).

Detailed explanation-3: -COCKPIT WINDOW OPEN: Max Speed – 200 Knots. TAXI SPEED: If takeoff weight > 76,000 kg – Do not exceed a taxi speed of 20 knots during a turn.

Detailed explanation-4: -Air India operate a fleet of both narrow body and widebody aircraft with a fleet composed of Airbus A319, A320, A320neo, A321 as well as Boeing 777 and Boeing 787, making for a total of 113 aircraft.

Detailed explanation-5: -The TaxiBot is a semi-robotic towbarless aircraft tractor developed by the Lahav Division of Israel Aerospace Industries. The tractor can tow an aircraft from the terminal gate to the take-off point (taxi-out phase) and return it to the gate after landing (taxi-in phase).