By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Joys and Jubilations on Wednesday spread across Odisha following reports of transport of iconic Dakota aircraft of former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik.
The aircraft reached the state from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, on Wednesday morning.
The dismantled aircraft carried on three lorries crossed the Laxmannath Toll Plaza in Jaleswar of Balasore district, this morning. The process for transporting the aircraft commenced from on Tuesday.
Earlier, Airport Authority of India (AAI) under the Ministry of Civil Aviation , had agreed to hand over 1.1 acre land on the premises of the Biju Patnaik International Airport here.
Biju Patnaik, had set up Kalinga Airlines that operated from Kolkata. The private airline operated nearly a dozen airplanes, including Dakotas. The aircraft, which is 64 feet and 8 inches long, with its wings stretching to 95 feet, dismantled for transportation by road to Bhubaneswar from the Kolkata airport.
