President Pratibha
Patil might have been the first woman to an Air Force fighter jet.
However, bad weather might force Air Force officials to operate her
chopper around 500 feet from ground level.After the death of
former chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy in a chopper crash due to bad
weather, officials are leaving no stone unturned with trial runs
undertaken with the IAF chopper twice in a day. “By current reports, it
is favourable to run chopper at least 500 feet over surface. The pilot
of the IAF chopper is in touch with us since the past one week obtaining
latest weather updates. Even though there are no traces of cumulonimbus
clouds at present, clouds are likely to form in two days due to the
low-pressure trough formed between Orissa and south Tamil Nadu is likely
to cause rain across Telangana and coastal Andhra Pradesh,” said S
Venkateswara Rao, assistant meteorologist, who provides weather updates
to IAF officials.President Pratibha Patil arrived on Saturday on a
six-day state visit. She will participate in an interactive session
with the students of Indian School of Business on Monday. She will
undertake a chopper ride to visit Bharat Dynamics Limited, Kanchanbagh
on July 5. On July 6, she will leave for Tirupati to address a seminar
on Women Empowerment and on July 7, president Patil will inaugurate the
Annadanam Complex in Tirumala. She will leave for Mumbai in the evening.A
senior police officer said they had earlier planned the president’s
route-map for road travel amidst tight security. However, they changed
it due to security reasons and bumpy roads. Meanwhile, as many as two
choppers would escort the President’s chopper.
By Mouli Mareedu
moulimareedu@gmail.com
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