Rajnath Singh On Emergency Landing Strip Near Border

Thursday, 9 September 2021Newsdesk

Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari inaugurated an emergency landing strip at Satta-Gandhav stretch on National Highway 925 here on Thursday for Indian Air Force (IAF) planes.

New Delhi, 09 September 2021

As per news report of NDTV, a Hercules C-130J plane of the IAF, carrying the two ministers and Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat, conducted a mock emergency landing on the national highway on Thursday. NH-925 is India's first national highway to be used for emergency landing of IAF aircraft. The two ministers also witnessed multiple aircraft operations on the emergency landing facility (ELF) of NH-295 on Thursday. Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jetconducted a mock emergency landing at the ELF. IAF chief RK Bhadauria was also present on the occasion.

Source - NDTV