Indian Air Force reports high-altitude IL-76 landing in Ladakh
Technology · First reported 7 Nov, 14:27 · Updated 15:01
The Indian Air Force said an IL-76MD landed at Nyoma, Ladakh, at 4,154 metres above sea level, describing it as the highest-altitude landing of the aircraft worldwide. The Indian Express headline also reports the landing but provides no further details in the supplied snippet.
- The Indian Air Force said an IL-76MD landed at Nyoma, in Ladakh, at an altitude of 4,154 metres.
- The Air Force described the landing as the highest-altitude landing achieved by the aircraft anywhere in the world.
- The Indian Express headline also reports that the heavy-lift aircraft landed at Nyoma airbase, without additional details in the supplied snippet.
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- Aircraft
- IL-76MD, also known as Ganjraj
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- Nyoma airfield, Ladakh
- Reported altitude
- 4,154 metres above sea level
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- The Indian Air Force called it the aircraft’s highest-altitude landing worldwide
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