TIL Desk/National/Goa/ In a major milestone in the development of a naval version of Tejas, the aircraft on Friday successfully carried out a successful “arrested landing”, a key performance demonstrating its ability to land on board an aircraft carrier.
Military officials involved in the first ever “arrested landing” of the light combat aircraft said the successful test has put India among a select group of nations having capability to design a jet which can land on an aircraft carrier.
They said the test at a shore-based test facility in Goa demonstrated the aircraft’s ability to halt at a short distance using wires attached to a hook mounted on its fuselage after landing. “Today is a golden letter day in the history of Indian naval aviation,” the defence ministry said in a statement.
