The skill of two pilots of Air India is being praised all over the world. These pilots are Captain Anchit Bhardwaj and Aditya Rao who had made two Air India planes safely land amidst a storm at Heathrow Airport in Britain on 18 February.
According to the report, Anchit Bhardwaj was flying the AI-147 flight that took off from Hyderabad, while Aditya Rao was the pilot of the AI-145 takeoff from Goa. Praising both, an Air India official told the media that our skilled pilots landed their planes at Heathrow Airport in London at a time when many other airlines could not do so.
Hurricane Younis troubled Heathrow Airport at that time due to Hurricane Younis, strong winds were blowing. Due to this, the airport administration had kept many flights in the go around, but both the pilots of Air India got their planes landed safely. The landing of both the flights was live streamed by a YouTube channel named Big Jet TV.
Several flights were diverted during the storm.
More than 400 flights were canceled due to Hurricane Younis, in the UK. Routes of several aircraft were diverted at Heathrow Airport in London. At the same time, flights in Belgium and Ireland were also canceled due to the storm.
It is being said to be the deadliest storm in Britain since the Great Storm of 1987.
Three killed, people lurking in homes
The transport network in northwestern Europe has been disrupted by Hurricane Eunice and at least 16 people have died. The countries affected by the storm include Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Poland. Eunice caused millions of damages in Belgium and the United Kingdom. According to the Meteorological Department, about 2 lakh homes in Britain have lost electricity due to high wind speed. Here the roof of London’s indoor stadium O2 Arena has been blown away by strong winds. At the same time, people are still lurking in their homes due to the storm.
