Russian Military Plane Escorted To Mumbai
June 19, 2009 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
A Russian military cargo aircraft AN-24 rpt AN-24 with six passengers and two crew members tonight intruded into Indian airspace from Pakistan and landed at the international airport. As the plane entered into Indian airspace without the right code, it was escorted to Mumbai airport by Indian Air Force planes, a spokesman of Mumbai International Airport Limited told PTI here.
The MIAL spokesman said the plane with Russian markings came from Pakistani airspace carrying six passengers and two crew and was escorted over the Mumbai airport by IAF planes. The cargo aircraft landed at the airport at around 2240 hours after being allowed by the Air Traffic Control.
Security forces have surrounded the aircraft. PTI.
