Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted a successful trial of emergency aircraft landing on National Highway-16 near Pichikalagudipadu village on Monday, the officials informed. The trial aims to be conducted as part of bolstering IAF's emergency readiness to face any future exigency.
According to the information shared by Bapatla Superintendent of Police (SP), Vakul Jindal, two transport aircraft, AN-32, and Dornier, were part of the trial.
"The trial landing exercise has been completed successfully. Two transport aircraft, AN-32 and Dornier, landed," Jindal stated.
Jindal said that the 4.1 km-long emergency landing facility on the NH-16 will be available as an option to land aircraft during wartime.
The exercise was executed twice in two hours, starting from 11 am to 1 pm, and to enable it, Bapatla district police diverted traffic from 7:30 am to 1 pm on the highway. The SP said that a few fighter jets, which included a Sukhoi Su-30, also flew by without landing on the facility.
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