Two transport plane pilots of Indian Air Force safely landed their Avro transport plane on the IAF’s Agra airbase after one of many engines of the ageing plane caught fireplace mid-air, simply after the take-off. The Avro airplane was at an altitude of round 250 toes, quickly after it took off from the airbase with provides. Pilots reacted rapidly and safely landed the plane. While it isn’t clear if the provides have been medical gear, IAF has been utilizing Avro planes to move vital gear to assist COVID-19 Pandemic.
2 transport plane pilots safely landed their Avro plane (in pic) at Agra airbase y’day after one in all its engines caught fireplace, at an altitude of round 250 toes, quickly after it took off from the airbase with provides. Pilots reacted rapidly&safely landed the plane:IAF Sources pic.twitter.com/Ci49tjrLiD
— ANI (@ANI) April 1, 2020
Amid the continuing nationwide lockdown to fight COVID-19, the Indian Air Force on Wednesday mentioned it has transported round 25 tonnes of important medical provides from Delhi, Surat, Chandigarh to Manipur, Nagaland and the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
The medical provides embody private protecting gear (PPE), hand sanitiser, surgical gloves, thermal scanners, the IAF mentioned in a press release, including that medical personnel are additionally being taken from one place to a different utilizing their plane.
“Regular airlifting of COVID-19 test samples from the union territory of Ladakh to Delhi is also being carried. Towards this, C-17, C-130, An-32. AVRO & Dornier aircraft of the IAF are being tasked on as required basis and the IAF is adequately geared up to meet all the emerging demands,” the assertion famous.
India has imposed a 21-day lockdown until April 14 to curb the unfold of COVID-19, and home and worldwide industrial passenger flights have been suspended for this era.
With inputs from PTI.
This post was last modified on April 1, 2020 9:59 pm