Agartala: Tripura governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya's chopper made an emergency landing at a helipad in Kalayanpur on Tuesday owing to bad weather. Kalayanpur is about 40 km north of Agartala.
According to Agartala airport director S D Barman, a Thumby aviation operated chartered copter, with the governor and his family in it, took off from Dimapur and halted at Imphal airport to refuel.
It was operated under the visual flight rules (VFR). "VFR never permits a helicopter to fly at high altitudes. According to the rules, an aircraft can only fly at a low height from where the ground is properly visible. But, thunder clouds hung low over Agartala and the pilot could not see anything on the surface," Barman told TOI.
At Kalayanpur, the pilot noticed a helipad on the Bairagipara Junior Basic School premises and made an emergency landing. A little later, local police escorted Acharya to the Dak Bungalow. The chopper flew to Agartala airport around 4.30 pm following instructions from the Air Traffic Control (ATC) Agartala, Barman added.
20/08/14 Times of India
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According to Agartala airport director S D Barman, a Thumby aviation operated chartered copter, with the governor and his family in it, took off from Dimapur and halted at Imphal airport to refuel.
It was operated under the visual flight rules (VFR). "VFR never permits a helicopter to fly at high altitudes. According to the rules, an aircraft can only fly at a low height from where the ground is properly visible. But, thunder clouds hung low over Agartala and the pilot could not see anything on the surface," Barman told TOI.
At Kalayanpur, the pilot noticed a helipad on the Bairagipara Junior Basic School premises and made an emergency landing. A little later, local police escorted Acharya to the Dak Bungalow. The chopper flew to Agartala airport around 4.30 pm following instructions from the Air Traffic Control (ATC) Agartala, Barman added.
20/08/14 Times of India
