Lucknow-Agra highway turns IAF runway as planes carry out emergency landing drill
The Lucknow-Agra Expressway was closed for commuters on Tuesday between 10 am to 2 pm, as at least 20 planes belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted major touchdown exercises near Bangarmau in Unnao district.
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The Lucknow-Agra Expressway was closed for commuters on Tuesday between 10 am to 2 pm, as at least 20 planes belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted major touchdown exercises near Bangarmau in Unnao district. PTI
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Planes, including the AN-32, Mirage 2000 and Sukhoi 30 MKI, performed touch-and-go landings on a stretch of the expressway. A Mirage 2000 aircraft touches down during the drill conducted by IAF. PTI
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The three-hour-long exercise began with IAF’s Special Forces Garud commandos getting off the C-130J transport aircraft with their vehicle and taking “positions” on either side of the expressway. An IAF transport aircraft, a C-130 Hercules lands on the Expressway. PTI
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The exercise simulated an emergency situation when airbases, the first target of bombs and missiles, would not be available for air operations, necessitating the use of highways as landing strips. A Su-30 MKI aircraft touches down the Expressway during the drill. PTI
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Personnel display skills next to an Indian Air Force Hercules C-130J aircraft that landed on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway, during the drill. PTI
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