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ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday achieved another milestone in the aviation sector, with the test-landing of a Dornier D-28 aircraft at the Ziro Advance Landing Ground (ALG) in the Lower Subansiri district.
The 17-seater aircraft, being operated by Alliance Air, landed at the ALG at 12.30 PM with four passengers on board, including two pilots - Captain Trilok Singh Negi and Nishit Tare, one cabin crew and Captain Vijay Kumar, senior flight operation inspector from the director general of civil aviation, District Information and Public Relation Officer (DIPRO) Gyati Kacho informed.
Officials of Alliance Air and DGCA interacted with the district administration on the successful landing besides, on the next plan for operating commercial service to Ziro from Mohonbari and Hollongi Airports.
It is the third destination of fixed wing operation in the state with, ATR-72 and Dornier D - 228 flights already in operation at Pasighat and Tezu airports under the Centre's UDAN scheme.
Taking to Twitter, Chief Minister Pema Khandu said, "Extremely delighted to share the successful test landing of Dornier flight of @alianceair at Ziro advance landing ground today."
"I had promised to my sisters & brothers of Lower Subansiri district to have regular flights for Dibrugarh from Ziro. The wait is going to be over now!" Khandu said in another tweet.
The civil terminal building of the Ziro ALG, which has all the facilities to run the commercial service, was inaugurated by Khandu on September 26 last.
The state government plans to start Donier D-228 service to Mechuka and Tuting in Shi-Yomi and Upper Siang districts soon, Kacho added.
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