Guwahati: The Arunachal Pradesh government's maiden flight from Guwahati to Mechuka Valley went awry on Sunday due bad weather and poor visibility. Though northeastern air service provider NE Shuttle's 18-seater Dornier aircraft left Guwahati's Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, had to return after hovering over the Mechuka airstrip for sometime.
The aircraft will again leave for Mechuka with tourists from the city on Wednesday. "The weather was so bad that the landing strip was not visible. The response from tourists for the air service is encouraging and we are now looking forward to Wednesday's flight," P N Nepali, captain of the aircraft, said.
The Arunachal government launched the commercial flight service to Mechuka - a picturesque valley barely 29km from the Indo-China border - to promote the place as a tourism destination. State tourism director A K Singh said that the government has a proposal for starting a high-altitude golf course in the valley as part of the project.
23/04/12 Naresh Mitra/Times of India
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