<p>A two-seater microlight aircraft of the National Cadet Corps wing of the Indian Air Force made an emergency landing in a park in east Delhi’s Shastri Park area on Sunday morning after the pilots found technical glitches in it. No casualty was reported, said the police. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The aircraft, numbered CH 701, landed at around 10:30 am in a Delhi Development Authority park near Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital, where around 60 children were playing.<br /><br />The aircraft had taken off from the Hindon air base in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad at around 8:40 am for checking bird activity around the base, where the Air Force was carrying out the full dress rehearsal of its 81st Indian Air Force Day parade.<br /><br />“It was supposed to return to the base after completing its flight. However, it developed a minor technical fault and had to make an emergency landing,” said a senior police officer.<br />Seeing the aircraft land all of a sudden, the children playing in the park were frightened and ran off to nearby areas. Bystanders then gathered near the aircraft and saw two pilots sitting in the cockpit.<br /><br />Wing Commander Bidyut Ghose and co-pilot Sumit safely came out. Ghose informed the base camp at Hindon and then local police officials about the incident.<br /><br />Ghose said, “Around 10:25 am, I detected some technical fault in the engine of the aircraft. At that time we were hovering above the park and saw children playing all over, but I spotted a space in a corner of the field and managed to safely land the aircraft at around 10:28 am.”<br />Faisal Manan, who lives nearby, said, “While playing cricket, we heard a loud noise and saw a plane in the sky coming towards us. When I saw the aircraft, I fled. We returned after we saw two people coming out of the aircraft.”<br /><br />Police reached the spot but had a tough time managing the crowd. They cordoned off the area, and with the help of ropes and a mini truck pulled the aircraft away from the ground after NCC cadets reached the spot.<br /><br />A few Air Force officials also arrived there at around 1:30 pm, and the aircraft was loaded onto a truck to be taken back to the Hindon base.<br /><br />The Air Force officials said, “The pilot suspected something was not right with the aircraft, and as a precautionary measure he landed the aircraft after finding an empty spot on the ground. The aircraft has been taken back to the Hindon air base after a thorough check.”</p>
<p>A two-seater microlight aircraft of the National Cadet Corps wing of the Indian Air Force made an emergency landing in a park in east Delhi’s Shastri Park area on Sunday morning after the pilots found technical glitches in it. No casualty was reported, said the police. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The aircraft, numbered CH 701, landed at around 10:30 am in a Delhi Development Authority park near Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital, where around 60 children were playing.<br /><br />The aircraft had taken off from the Hindon air base in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad at around 8:40 am for checking bird activity around the base, where the Air Force was carrying out the full dress rehearsal of its 81st Indian Air Force Day parade.<br /><br />“It was supposed to return to the base after completing its flight. However, it developed a minor technical fault and had to make an emergency landing,” said a senior police officer.<br />Seeing the aircraft land all of a sudden, the children playing in the park were frightened and ran off to nearby areas. Bystanders then gathered near the aircraft and saw two pilots sitting in the cockpit.<br /><br />Wing Commander Bidyut Ghose and co-pilot Sumit safely came out. Ghose informed the base camp at Hindon and then local police officials about the incident.<br /><br />Ghose said, “Around 10:25 am, I detected some technical fault in the engine of the aircraft. At that time we were hovering above the park and saw children playing all over, but I spotted a space in a corner of the field and managed to safely land the aircraft at around 10:28 am.”<br />Faisal Manan, who lives nearby, said, “While playing cricket, we heard a loud noise and saw a plane in the sky coming towards us. When I saw the aircraft, I fled. We returned after we saw two people coming out of the aircraft.”<br /><br />Police reached the spot but had a tough time managing the crowd. They cordoned off the area, and with the help of ropes and a mini truck pulled the aircraft away from the ground after NCC cadets reached the spot.<br /><br />A few Air Force officials also arrived there at around 1:30 pm, and the aircraft was loaded onto a truck to be taken back to the Hindon base.<br /><br />The Air Force officials said, “The pilot suspected something was not right with the aircraft, and as a precautionary measure he landed the aircraft after finding an empty spot on the ground. The aircraft has been taken back to the Hindon air base after a thorough check.”</p>
