Whenever a new aircraft arrives at an airport for the first time, it is given the traditional water cannon salute by the airport's fire trucks spraying water high in to the air from both sides, to form an arch under which the aircraft passes.
India's capital New Delhi's India Gandhi International Airport welcomed the first Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental D-ABYA as it touched down for the first time in India at 00:35 today on its flight from Frankfurt. It was welcomed by the water cannon salute at Terminal 3.
Full details on the service and the aircraft, including a detailed white paper are available in this article.
