aircraft landing

Aviation explained: Why airplanes land on their rear wheels first and not nosewheel?

The landing gear is designed to manage the plane's weight and impact during landing, whereas the nose gear can only carry 15 percent of the plane's weight.

Apr 20, 2022, 10:23 AM IST

Rajasthan: IAF Fighter Jets land on emergency landing airstrip on NH-925 near Indo-Pak border

Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate an emergency landing field on National Highway-925 in Rajasthan's Barmer on Thursday. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has designed a 3 km long runway on NH-925A as an Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) for the Indian Air Force.

Sep 08, 2021, 20:50 PM IST