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News Flash Posted On Sunday, March 14, 2010 | Agencies
Etawah, Mar 14:
Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav had a narrow escape as his plane breezed past a cyclist on the runway while landing in Etawah on Saturday.
In a clear violation of safety norms, the cyclist suddenly appeared on the runway when Mulayam Singh's plane was about to land.
Singh was coming to Etawah from Delhi on the chartered flight.
Flight safety, particularly that related to VIPs, assumed prime concern since Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy was killed in a helicopter crash in September last year.
But a number of near mishaps have recurred at airports across the country despite this.
In December, the rotor blades of an Indian Air Force helicopter carrying President Pratibha Patil hit a shed after landing at the airport in Bhubaneswar.
Also in December, a controversy brew when Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi denied reports that he forced his helicopter pilots to land in poor visibility conditions at dusk in northern Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh.
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