Ajit Singh lauds AI women pilots for ensuring safe landing

New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Monday lauded the courage and grit of two women pilots, who safely landed a Guwahati-bound Air India aircraft, which lost one of the nose wheels during take off from Silchar, and saved 52 lives.
Singh personally called up captain Urmila Yadav, co pilot Yashoo Pereira and Guwahati airport director Manvinder Singh, and thanked them for ensuring the safe landing of the ATR flight from Silchar in Assam, a official statement said.
The minister appreciated the "courage and grit" of Urmila and Yashoo with which they acted in the hour of crisis and ensured safety of all the 52 people, 48 passengers and four crew members, on board without letting panic take its grip, it said.
11/06/12 PTI/Daily News & Analysis

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