Patil's aircraft never lost touch with ATC: Ministry

New Delhi: Civil Aviation Ministry today said the aircraft carrying President Pratibha Patil never lost contact with the air traffic control while flying to Aizawl and was put on an alternate radio frequency immediately after an ATC monitor suffered technical glitch. Aviation regulator DGCA would inquire into the incident in which a monitor of the Area Western Radar went blank for over three minutes soon after the aircraft took off from the Kolkata airport yesterday morning, a ministry spokesperson said here.
"The President's aircraft was never out of ATC contact. While one display monitor had developed glitches, the plane was immediately put on another monitor with a separate frequency. In three minutes, the first one was also repaired," she said.
Her statement came in wake of reports that the Presidential plane had lost contact with the ATC while flying from Kolkata to Aizawl.
24/09/10 Press Trust Of India/Hindustan Times

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