Close X
Monday, November 25, 2024
ADVT 
India

UP govt chopper lands in ground during sports event in school

Darpan News Desk IANS, 22 Nov, 2023 04:45 PM
  • UP govt chopper lands in ground during sports event in school

Lucknow, Nov 23 (IANS) A helicopter belonging to the Uttar Pradesh government made an unannounced landing at the ground in La Martiniere College in the middle of the junior school sports day event on Wednesday, triggering panic among children, parents and spectators, the school authorities said.

A video of the incident showed the helicopter, with identification VT-UPL, heading towards the school's Polo Ground where students were showcasing dressage skills on the horseback.

Screens, flags, canopies and marquees installed for the 139th Junior School Sports Day event were uprooted, parent of one of the children said.

"A potential disaster was averted. Swirling dust momentarily blinded around 200 children on the ground," the parent said.

It was not clear who was travelling in the chopper, which took off shortly after its pilot was confronted by college authorities.

"The pilot said he was not aware of the sports event and that his primary concern was safe landing," an official said.

La Martiniere principal Carlyle McFarland said the college has extended permission for a portion of the playground to be used by the government.

"But the college was never informed about the landing or take-off," he said, adding that complaints have been registered with DGCA and the directorate of air safety.

A senior Uttar Pradesh government official declined to comment on the incident.

MORE India ARTICLES

Several passengers injured after Air India Delhi-Sydney flight encounters severe turbulence

Several passengers injured after Air India Delhi-Sydney flight encounters severe turbulence
Passengers on board a routine Air India flight from Delhi to Sydney suffered injuries after the aircraft encountered severe turbulence. Fortunately, none of the injured passengers required hospitalisation, and all of them received immediate medical attention upon landing 

Several passengers injured after Air India Delhi-Sydney flight encounters severe turbulence

Guru Angad Dev varsity faculty in Punjab gets UGC scales

Guru Angad Dev varsity faculty in Punjab gets UGC scales
A spokesperson for the Chief Minister's office said this landmark decision is aimed at encouraging the staff of the premier veterinary university to discharge their duties efficiently. This will help the teaching and non-teaching staff make concerted efforts to transform the destiny of farmers on one hand and make Punjab the frontrunner state on the other.

Guru Angad Dev varsity faculty in Punjab gets UGC scales

Woman impersonating AIIMS doctor arrested for duping people in hospital

Woman impersonating AIIMS doctor arrested for duping people in hospital
The matter came to light on April 18, when a complaint was lodged at Hauz Khas police station by a resident of Haridwar regarding cheating wherein the complainant stated that on March 21, he came to AIIMS hospital for treatment of his daughter and met a woman wearing coat showing her to be a junior resident.

Woman impersonating AIIMS doctor arrested for duping people in hospital

NIA raids hideouts of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and accomplices

NIA raids hideouts of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and accomplices
In Sadulshahar, the NIA team is interrogating a few people connected to the gangsters. Those detained are being interrogated in closed rooms. The team has also reached the house of history-sheeter Vikram Laden - on the list of most wanted criminals - in Behror (Alwar). 

NIA raids hideouts of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and accomplices

Rahul to visit US ahead of PM Modi's trip, to attend several programmes

Rahul to visit US ahead of PM Modi's trip, to attend several programmes
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit to the US on June 22, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be visiting the country for a week at the end of this month during which he will attend several programmes.  According to party sources, Rahul Gandhi is slated leave for the US on May 30 or 31 and will visit California, Washington and New York.

Rahul to visit US ahead of PM Modi's trip, to attend several programmes

Punjab ex-MLA arrested for owning disproportionate assets

Punjab ex-MLA arrested for owning disproportionate assets
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday arrested Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon, the former MLA from Faridkot, for possession of assets disproportionate to known sources of income.  A spokesperson for the bureau said a corruption case has been registered him along with Gursewak Singh and Rajwinder Singh.

Punjab ex-MLA arrested for owning disproportionate assets