Mamata Banerjee's Flight Faces Mid-Air Turbulence, Report Sought: Official
NDTV
The chartered flight carrying Mamata Banerjee from Varanasi airport to Kolkata hit an air pocket yesterday causing the plane to rock violently.
The West Bengal government on Saturday sought a report from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's aircraft encountering mid-air turbulence while returning from Varanasi, a top bureaucrat said.
The state government also wanted to know from the DGCA whether the route taken by the plane in which the chief minister returned to the city from Varanasi on Friday evening had been granted prior permission, he said.
Ms Banerjee was returning from Uttar Pradesh after campaigning for the Samajwadi party.
When contacted, an official of the DGCA said that they have already started working on the report.
