MALKANGIRI: The trial run of a nine-seater VT-100 double-engine flight was conducted successfully at Malkangiri airport on Sunday. This comes ahead of the inauguration of Malkangiri airport by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on January 9.After the aircraft landed at Malkangiri airport at around 12.15 pm, it was given a customary water canon salute by fire services personnel.
Malkangiri collector Vishal Singh said the aircraft landed at the airport within one hour and 10 minutes after leaving Bhubaneswar. The double engine nine-seater aircraft to be run between Malkangiri and Bhubaneswar is slightly bigger than the one operating between Jeypore and the state capital. Commercial flight operations will commence after completion of necessary technical formalities.
