An Indian Air Force (IAF) Chetak helicopter on a routine training mission made a safe precautionary landing at Holagadh near Prayagraj at 10:40 AM on Saturday due to technical glitch, officials said.
The installation of ILS on runway 26 approach of Belagavi Airport will enable the landing of aircraft in low visibility as well as for night landings, the authority added.
The Vellore Airport officials have informed that the long-pending Vellore Airport at Abdullapuram in Tamil Nadu will be operational soon after the completion of subsequent tests.
According to the official, The incident took place when the helicopter was on a routine training mission. The pilot noticed the technical issues and decided to make a precautionary landing in an open field near Bhopal. There were no casualties or injuries reported in the incident.
While addressing the event, Jaishankar said, "So I mentioned this to you because it's a great achievement (success of Chandrayaan-3)... Yes, we've joined the special club, but today in many ways, the new India is an India of Chandraayan, it's an India of CoWIN, it's an India of 5G."
ISRO Chief S Somnath on Thursday visited the famous Somnath temple of Gujarat and offered his prayers. He also remembered the phone call with PM on the day of Chandryaaan-3 landing in which Prime Minister had said that your name itself is Somnath.
In a video posted by ISRO on X, S Somnath says, "All of you know MyGov is a platform through which you are able to participate in the space quiz program. So don't forget to look at mygov.in. Log in and search for the space quiz program. Be a part of it. Support us, inspire us, get inspired."
Facing a backlash over his tirade against BSP MP Danish Ali on the floor of the Lok Sabha during a discussion on the country's successful lunar landing mission — Chandrayaan-3, BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri on Sunday sidestepped a direct query on his remarks.
ISRO has made efforts to establish communication with the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover to ascertain their wake-up condition, but as of now, no signals have been received from them. However, ISRO said it would continue efforts to establish contact.