Montek's plane waits in air as cows invade airstrip

February 23, 2013 20:34

A plane carrying Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia cound not land for quite some time today due to a cow herd grazing on the airstrip near here and it touched down only after officials stepped in and shooed the cattle away.

The pilot of the plane carrying Ahluwalia noticed some cows grazing at the Tata Steel Jharia division airstrip at Bhauran, about 23 kms from here, at around 10.50 AM and made some rounds in the air before the airstrip was cleared of the cattle for the plane to land, Superintendent of Police of Dhanbad Ravi Kanth Dhan said.

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