Emergency Landing: Hours after attending the opposition parties meeting in Bengaluru, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi landed in Bhopal as their flight makes an emergency landing at the airport. As per the sources, the flight made an emergency landing due to bad weather. However, a congress leader later claimed that it was a technical snag. The mother and son duo were heading towards Delhi from Bengaluru after attending the crucial meeting in Bengaluru. Airport director Ramji Awasthi claimed, “It was a priority landing and not an emergency landing."
Aircraft made an emergency landing at the Raja Bhoj airport
Bhopal police commissioner Harinarayan Chari Mishra in an interaction with PTI said that the aircraft made an emergency landing at the Raja Bhoj airport. As per the updates, Rahul and Sonia Gandhi will fly to Delhi on Tuesday at 9:30 pm on IndiGo's flight. According to the Airport Authority, the pilot of the flight had asked for permission to make an emergency landing at the Bhopal airport.
Both of them left for New Delhi by an IndiGo flight
Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Women's Commission chairperson Shoba Oza said, “The chartered plane carrying Sonia ji and Rahul ji made an emergency landing because of some technical snag.” “Both of them left for New Delhi by an IndiGo flight at around 9.30 pm,” she added.
Mishra said the aircraft is likely to take off for onward journey at around 9.30 PM. “We are on the way to the airport after getting information about the emergency landing,” senior Congress leader Shoba Oza said.
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