This picture was taken while I was covering the New Bangalore International Airport at Devanahalli about 35 kilometers away from the city center. After shooting pictures for the Bangalore Mirror – Devena Yelli campaign, on the Airport I noticed an plane make an close landing at the Yelanka Air force airbase about 10 kilometers away from the upcoming International airport in September 2007. So I asked my official car driver to pull the car to an halt and waited for more than 2 hours to get this one frame to show how dangerous this Bellary or Devenahalli road as become.This picture was given a full tabloid page display in the Bangalore Mirror on October 4th, 2007.
Highway or Runway ! The road to the new airport is strewn with runways! Jakur air field and Yelahanka air force base on either side of the route make some plane - watching, says our photo editor.
2 comments:
Actually this is less dangerous than it looks. Even without the aircraft Bangalore roads are far more dangerous than landing aircraft. I have lived in the flight path of HAL airport for 35 years and have seen more deaths on the road near my house than from air accidents.
And may I ask if it was not dangerous to park on the highway for 2 hours as you did?
So please..
I was curious to see this pic and the caption. The pictures is indeed good, but shows you poor understanding of things around you, especially aircraft. Bangalore has been the harbinger of Indian Aviation. Infact, HAL airport which actually flies test aircraft is in heart of the city. However, the flying sector is away from in habitation. Utter non-sense post from 2009!
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