New Delhi: SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother and UP Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav and five others had a close shave today when their plane skidded off the runway on landing at the IGI airport.
The nosewheel of the state government-owned six-seater Beechcraft broke as the plane skidded off Runway 27 in high speed after landing. The nose-wheel got stuck in the mud, airport sources said.
Civil aviation regulator DGCA ordered a probe into the accident in which Yadav, PWD minister in the Uttar Pradesh government, SP general secretary and spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary and four others, including two pilots and a cabin crew, received minor injuries. The accident occured around 1130 hours.
A medical emergency team rushed to the aircraft minutes after the accident and took all of them to the airport medical facility where they were administered first-aid for minor injuries and discharged later, the sources said.
22/09/12 PTI/Daily News & Analysis
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
The nosewheel of the state government-owned six-seater Beechcraft broke as the plane skidded off Runway 27 in high speed after landing. The nose-wheel got stuck in the mud, airport sources said.
Civil aviation regulator DGCA ordered a probe into the accident in which Yadav, PWD minister in the Uttar Pradesh government, SP general secretary and spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary and four others, including two pilots and a cabin crew, received minor injuries. The accident occured around 1130 hours.
A medical emergency team rushed to the aircraft minutes after the accident and took all of them to the airport medical facility where they were administered first-aid for minor injuries and discharged later, the sources said.
22/09/12 PTI/Daily News & Analysis
