Rahul Gandhi plane shuddered, lost auto-pilot; Cong wants probe: 10 points

1. Rahul Gandhi plane shuddered, lost auto- pilot; Cong wants probe: 10 points The special flight on which Congress President Rahul Gandhi was flying from New Delhi to Hubli suffered technical fault; an FIR has been filed against the pilots. Find latest news on Rahul Gandhi Days before the Karnataka Assembly election 2018, Congress President Rahul Gandhi's aircraft, in which was flying to Hubballi, on Thursday suffered a snag mid-air and its auto-pilot system also failed. The Congress complained to the Karnataka police, alleging that the incident raised questions of "intentional tampering to endanger the life of passengers". Gandhi's aide, Kaushal Vidyarthee, said in the complaint that the aircraft, which was on a special flight (VT-AVH) from New Delhi to Hubballi, suffered a "serious malfunction" and "tilted heavily to one side during the course of the flight". According to the party, Gandhi remained calm and composed during the incident and kept assuring his co- passengers that they would all land safely in Hubbali. In New Delhi, Congress spokesperson in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala demanded a thorough investigation into the incident. The flight (VT-AVH), which was carrying Gandhi,

2. Vidyarthee, Rahul Ravi, and Special Protection Group official Rahul Gautam, suddenly tilted heavily on the left side and the altitude dipped steeply, combined with the violent shuddering of the aircraft body. Subsequently, Vidyarthee sent a complaint letter to the Karnataka Director General of Police and Inspector General of Police Neelamani N Raju, demanding a probe into the incident. In its complaint, the Congress said that it was "apparent from the suspicious and faulty performance of the aircraft" that the incidents of shuddering and losing altitude "were not natural or weather-related". The complaint further said that the possibility that the aircraft carrying Gandhi was intentionally tampered with could not be "brushed aside". Here are the top 10 developments around the technical snags in Congress President Rahul Gandhi's flight to Karnataka's Hubbali: 1) What happened during Rahul Gandhi's Delhi-Hubballi flight? Vidyarthee's complaint after the incident paints a vivid picture of the snags that developed during the flight: a) At around 10:45 am, the aircraft "suddenly titled heavily on the side and the altitude dipped steeply", Further, the passengers faced "violent shuddering of the aircraft body". b) As the aircraft shuddered, the complaint said, "a clanking noise was clearly audible" from one side of the plane.