Date:30/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/30/stories/2008103055961300.htm

National

The saviours

— Photo: PTI

Test flight crash: The burning debris of a Punjab government aircraft which crashed in Ludhiana district on Wednesday. The pilot and co-pilot, who prevented damage on ground by steering the plane away from a crowded industrial area after it developed a technical fault, were killed. The six-seater took off from the Chandigarh airport on a test flight “before a VIP trip” and crashlanded on the premises of a closed industrial unit.