Farrukhabad (UP), Oct. 9 -- A major accident was averted in UP's Farrukhabad when a private jet went off course during takeoff. The incident occurred at the Khimsepur industrial area, where a beer factory is under construction.
Ajay Arora, Deputy Managing Director of the factory, had arrived by a chartered aircraft and was set to return to Agra today at around 10:30 am.
As the 2 6 seater aircraft began to pick up speed on the runway, it suddenly lost control and veered off the strip.
Before pilots Captain Naseeb Baman and Captain Prateek Fernandes could bring the aircraft to a halt, it had reached dangerously close to the boundary wall of the airstrip. The jet was originally scheduled to fly to Bhopal.
Fortunately, the aircraft did not ...