Pilots safe after aircraft's emergency landing in Gujarat
Ahmedabad (Gujarat):A trainer aircraft with two persons on board made an emergency landing in a field on the outskirts of
Gujarat's Ahmedabad city on Friday following a technical snag in the engine. Captain
Naresh Devjani and trainee pilot Gayatri Sardeshpande were reportedly safe after
the landing. The plane, Cessna-152, of the Aviation Training Institute Authority,
made an emergency landing at Chainpur village after flying 15 nautical miles from
the city airport for a training session. "It had developed some technical problem
due to which it could not have been flown back to the airport. The pilots landed
it at a safe place. Nobody has been injured," said Colonel V. K. Nagar, an official
of the Authority. "They landed the aircraft safely at a place, which was not populated,
in an open field and there is no obstruction. They have done a good job," he added.
The front wheel and the fan of the aircraft were damaged due to the impact of
the landing on a patchy surface.
