The AN32 carrying 40 passengers from Tambaram landed at the HAL airport in Bengaluru on Saturday as part of the rescue operations carried out to help the stranded people at Chennai and surrounding areas who are affected by heavy flooding due to incessant rains in the past few days.
“We are happy that HAL airport could be used for the noble mission”, said T Suvarna Raju, CMD, HAL.
HAL airport is not used for commercial operations since 2008 as a new airport has been opened at Devanahalli. At present, HAL airport is used 24x7 for military flying, test flights, chartered and VVIP flights.