There are different theories on how close Prime Minister Narendra Modi was, when he was aboard the Air India One that flew over Ukraine on Thursday, the day Malaysian Airlines MH17 crashed.
One report suggests that Modi's Air India flight would have flown over the zone where the Malaysian Airlines MH-17 was shot down.
While Modi is said to have not been in danger, his plane was scheduled to fly over the Ukraine Flight Information Region just an hour after the ill-fated MH-17, reported The Hindu.
"There was no danger to the PM's plane, but obviously the area that they would have flown over would have been the same. The pilot would have to decide whether to divert over Russia or the Black sea instead," an aviation official told the newspaper.
However, a Times of India report suggests that Modi had flown out of Ukraine just minutes before MH17 exploded mid-air and came crashing down, and that the Air India plane was on the farthest flight path from it.
Air India One, that was flying Modi back from Frankfurt to Delhi was almost 200km away from MH17's assigned airway, an official told TOI, and was flying on the "Mike 991" aerial route, which is said to be in the south of the country and the farthest from the conflict zone in the northeastern part of Ukraine.
19/07/14 Mugdha Variyar/International Business Times
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One report suggests that Modi's Air India flight would have flown over the zone where the Malaysian Airlines MH-17 was shot down.
While Modi is said to have not been in danger, his plane was scheduled to fly over the Ukraine Flight Information Region just an hour after the ill-fated MH-17, reported The Hindu.
"There was no danger to the PM's plane, but obviously the area that they would have flown over would have been the same. The pilot would have to decide whether to divert over Russia or the Black sea instead," an aviation official told the newspaper.
However, a Times of India report suggests that Modi had flown out of Ukraine just minutes before MH17 exploded mid-air and came crashing down, and that the Air India plane was on the farthest flight path from it.
Air India One, that was flying Modi back from Frankfurt to Delhi was almost 200km away from MH17's assigned airway, an official told TOI, and was flying on the "Mike 991" aerial route, which is said to be in the south of the country and the farthest from the conflict zone in the northeastern part of Ukraine.
19/07/14 Mugdha Variyar/International Business Times
