The Indian Air Force began the trial runs at Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on the national highway at Moran, Dibrugarh on Thursday ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on February 14.
Large crowds of locals, students and children gathered to watch the aircrafts land and take off from the 4.2-km highway airstrip on NH-127. The spectators cheered as the jets landed and took off. Sukhoi-30s, Rafale fighters, Tejas jets, Hercules and Antonov AN-32 aircraft participated in the trial run.
The trial runs will continue until February 13 as part of preparations for the Prime Minister’s inauguration of Northeast’s first Emergency Landing Facility. Modi’s aircraft will land directly on the highway airstrip before he inaugurates the facility and watches a 30-minute aerial demonstration.
