Narrow escape for Indian chief ministers plane Apr 14, 2014 Incident takes place at Lucknow airport as Bahujan Samaj Party supremo was on her way back from election campaig LUCKNOW: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati had a narrow escape on late Sunday when the front wheel of her charter plane got stuck during landing, officials said on Monday. The incident took place at Lucknow airport when the Bahujan Samaj Party supremo was on her way back from campaigning in Maharashtra. She was accompanied by her close aide SC Mishra. As the plane neared the runway, all attempts to unstuck the front wheel came to a naught, forcing the pilot to do something similar to belly landing, an airport official told IANS. The pilot alerted the air traffic control of the technical glitch and fire tenders, security personnel and an ambulance were rushed to the runway, officials said. The pilot succeeded in landing the plane, officials said.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 05:12:38 +0000
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