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IAF jet makes road show
A Mirage-2000 fighter landed on the Yamuna Expressway on Thursday, a feat that the IAF described as a display of its capability to land jets on highways. The Mirage-2000 is a single seater air defence and multi-role fighter of French origin powered by a single engine that can attain maximum speed of 2,495 km/hr.
A Mirage-2000 fighter landed on the Yamuna Expressway on Thursday, a feat that the IAF described as a display of its capability to land jets on highways. The Mirage-2000 is a single seater air defence and multi-role fighter of French origin powered by a single engine that can attain maximum speed of 2,495 km/hr.
"The aircraft made practice approach on the highway, coming down to a height of 100 metres, before landing," an officer said. The fighter plane skimmed the highway and landed briefly before it took off again on the stretch of Yamuna Expressway near Mathura.
The 165-km long Yamuna Expressway connects Delhi from tourist destinations of Mathura and Agra. IAF helicopters undertook several observation sorties before the jet landed. "The IAF has plans to activate more such stretches on the highways in the future," the officer said.
