IAF aircraft lands in greenfield Shivamogga airport ahead of opening by PM Modi
Shivamogga (K'taka), Feb 21: A trial flight of the Indian Air Force plane safely landed at the newly-built Shivamogga Airport in Karnataka on Tuesday, authorities said.
The greenfield domestic airport at Sogane in Shivamogga district has been constructed under the Centre's UDAN scheme aimed to make air travel affordable to all.
Sharing the information on his Twitter handle with the video clip of the aircraft landing at the airport, Shivamogga MP B Y Raghavendra said, "The first trial flight lands at #Shivamogga. Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji to inaugurate the #ShivamoggaAirport on Feb 27 by landing on this newly constructed Airport. Come, let us all be a part of this historic moment."
PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the airport on February 27.
The well-equipped airport is spread over 662.38 acres land for which the foundation was laid in June 2020 by then chief minister B S Yediyurappa.
Apart from the runway, terminal building, ATC tower and fire station building, it has a taxiway, apron, approach road, peripheral road and compound wall.
ಇದೇ 27 ರಂದು ಸನ್ಮಾನ್ಯ ಪ್ರಧಾನಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳಾದ ಶ್ರೀ ನರೇಂದ್ರ ಮೋದಿಜಿಯವರು ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗದ ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣವನ್ನು ಲೋಕಾರ್ಪಣೆಗೊಳಿಸಲಿದ್ದು ಇದರ ಸಲುವಾಗಿ ಏರ್ಫೋರ್ಸಿನ ವಿಮಾನವು ಪರೀಕ್ಷಾರ್ಥ ಹಾರಾಟ ನಡೆಸಿ ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾಗಿ ಲ್ಯಾಂಡಿಂಗ್ ಮಾಡಿದೆ. @BSYBJP @BSBommai @AAI_Official @KarnatakaWorld #ShivamoggaNews #ShivamoggaAirport pic.twitter.com/qdzhNTBuVe
— B Y Raghavendra (@BYRBJP) February 21, 2023
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Patna-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Lucknow due to bad weather
Lucknow (PTI): Adverse weather forced an IndiGo Kolkata-Patna flight to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Friday, airport sources said.
According to airport officials, weather conditions in Patna deteriorated suddenly on Friday afternoon, affecting flight operations.
IndiGo flight 6E 6917 from Kolkata, which was scheduled to land in Patna at 3.50 pm, could not land due to bad weather and kept circling in the air after failing to get clearance from air traffic control, they said.
The flight was later diverted to Lucknow and landed safely at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at around 5.15 pm. There were 180 passengers and six crew members on board, officials said.
The aircraft was later allowed to depart for Patna after weather conditions improved.
