Narendra Modi Europe visit: A look at Air India One, VVIP Boeing plane for PM's foreign visits: IN PICS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has travelled three Europeans Nations in three days and has been taking rest in Air India One, VVIP Boeing 777, the plane on which he is travelling.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday landed in Paris on the third and final leg of his visit to three European nations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for France after concluding his visit to Denmark. PM Modi, earlier, started his Europe visit on Monday with the arrival in Germany’s capital city Berlin, followed by his visit to Copenhagen on Tuesday and then Paris on Wednesday. The Prime Minister has often been praised for travelling long hours and not taking rest in hotels. He takes rest in his state-of-the-art Boeing 777 VVIP aircraft called Air India One. India recently inducted a couple of VVIP aircrafts replacing ageing Boeing 747. We have a look at the aircraft to understand what makes it so special.
Air India One VVIP Boeing 777
Air India One VVIP Boeing 777
The Boeing-777 is equipped with missile defence systems and other safety measures making it as safe as the United States' Air Force One. It has its own missile defence system, called the Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) and Self-Protection Suites (SPS) besides the state-of-the-art communication system.