Bhuj, Jan. 26 -- Air Vice Marshal Gurjot Singh Bhullar, Senior Officer-in-Charge Administration (SOA), South Western Air Command, visited Air Force Station Bhuj on Monday to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the devastating 2001 Bhuj earthquake.

Speaking to ANI, Air Vice Marshal Bhullar recalled the fateful day and said that the earthquake struck as they were coming in to land after the drop in Ahmedabad.

"I was posted in Jamnagar in 2001, and at that time I was a Flight Lieutenant. I remember that day clearly. The earthquake struck as we were coming in to land after the drop in Ahmedabad. ATC had been evacuated because of the earthquake, and it wasn't given clearance to land. So all of us pilots wh...