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Following a technical snag, a micro-light aircraft of the Indian Air Force made an emergency landing on the Buxa riverbed at Hamiltanganj in the Dooars today. The incident took place at about 11:45 am, barely ten minutes after the aircraft took off from the Hashimara airbase.
According to the Kalchini police, both the pilot Captain S Mukherjee and his assistant Wing Commander Bikash Roy sustained mild injuries in the incident and were released from the Hashimara Air Force Hospital.
The Air Force authorities, with the help of fire brigade personnel, later recovered the aircraft from the Buxa riverbed and took it to the Hashimara airbase.
The micro-light aircraft ~ normally used to make a reconnaissance of the surrounding air space before a MiG jet takes off, was damaged slightly.

Courtesy: The Statesman