Photo Essay: Aero India 2013 - third day

The third day of Aero India 2013 showed some performers who were sorely missed from the beginning of the show. Most notably, the Russian Knights, who finally arrived after being delayed in New Delhi, and the flight of the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III which was grounded due to technical problems for the first two days of the show.

A photo essay on some of the performers on the third day.

A United States Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 50 based at Misawa, Japan, lands after completing its display

The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, shows its short length take-off performance as it makes its first departure of the show after being grounded due to technical problems for the first two days.

The Flying Bulls aerobatic team is a favourite of every show attendee

One team member loops around the other two who are flying inverted

The Flying Bulls in formation

The venerable HS-748 Avro is the mainstay of the light transport fleet of the Indian Air Force

The Bell 407 in action

The Russian Knights arrive at Aero India 2013

The Russian Knights perform one of their three fly-pasts. On each fly past team members peeled off to land.

Deploying the parachute to slow down. Fighters do not have reverse thrusters like commercial jetliners.

The marshal guiding one of the Knights in to its parking slot. Su-27 and F-16, former foes side by side.

A flurry of activity to get the chocks on to the wheels of the Su-27 Flankers of the Russian Knights.

The IL-76 support aircraft of the Russian Knights, which acts like an in-flight tanker and carries the ground crew and equipment.

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British Airways Avro RJ100 crashes at London City airport, 2 hurt

This has not been a very pleasant 24 hours.

The crash of Continental 3407 in Buffalo, derailment of the Coromandel Express at Jajpur, Orissa, India which killed 15 persons, and now a British Airways Cityflyer British Aerospace Avro RJ-100, registration G-BXAR performing flight CJ-8456 from Amsterdam, Netherlands to London City, UK with 67 passengers and 4 crew, experienced the collapse of the nose gear while landing on runway 28 at London City around 19:40 local (19:40 GMT).

The airplane came to a stop on the runway centerline. All people were evacuated from the the airplane using slides, one passenger is reported to have been brought to hospital with minor injuries.

The airport was closed, 11 incoming flights were diverted to other London airports - Stansted, Heathrow, and Luton and Southend.

London Ambulance Services said, they dispatched 6 ambulances and several single responders to the airport and treated 4 passengers on scene, but nobody was brought to a hospital.

The Air Accident Investigations Board have launched an investigation into the accident.

Thanks to Simon at The Aviation Herald for the details.

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