vindianz.com (17 Dec. 2009) — Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, whose flight to Copenhagen was postponed by four hours subsequent to a tanker rubbing against the plane’s body by mistake, lastly departed from Indira Gandhi International Airport at 5:30 pm on Thursday. The PM was, nevertheless, not in the aircraft when the happening took place.
“As a responsible member of the international community, India is entirely dedicated to working with the rest of the world to conserve and protect our environment,” he said in a statement just hours before his departure to be present at the 15th Conference of Parties of the United Nations
A top investigation has been planned into the accident involving Prime Minister’s special aircraft at the technical area of the airport here and an Air India loader has been suspended.
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, who rushed to the airport on learning regarding the incident, told reporters that both the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and Air India would accomplish an investigation.
He said preface investigation has found that the Air India loader was working the hydraulic lift carrying food items that hit the cargo door of the Air India Boeing 747-400.
“Let the full inquiry report come. Then we will know whether there was anything mala fide in this,” he said adding the loader has good experience of having done work relating to several VVIP aircraft.
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