Tarun Karthick
Campbell Bay, 13 January 2023
A tweet from the official Twitter Handle of Port Blair Airport has been extensively misunderstood and several other information web sites resembling India Today, Business Today and so on. have revealed information reviews based mostly on the misunderstood tweet.
On thirteenth January 2023 at 07:08 Am, Port Blair Airport from its official Twitter Handle Tweeted ‘Alliance Air pilot was detained for a few hours by the Indian Air Force after they found him taking photographs and videos of one of their stations. Portblair Airport advising all its users to be more cautious while taking photograph, as Portblair Airport is Navy Airfield.’
The first a part of the tweet from Port Blair Airport’s official twitter deal with was truly referring to an incident that befell in Rajasthan’s Uttarlai Air Force Station the place an Alliance Air Pilot was held by IAF Authorities for clicking photos at Airport’s Prohibited Area. The second Part of the Tweet was a warning as Port Blair Airport can also be a defence cum civilian use Airport.
Commoners in addition to Journalists misunderstood the tweet and really quickly reviews had been revealed in lots of main media shops of the nation suggesting that IAF had detained an Alliance Air Pilot at Port Blair Airport.
No Alliance Air Pilot was ever held at Port Blair Airport. In truth, Port Blair Airport was shut from tenth of January 2023 to thirteenth of January 2023 as a consequence of runway resurfacing work.
After the incident which befell in Rajasthan’s Uttarlai Air Force Station, Alliance Air additionally issued an announcement and in addition de-rostered the pilot pending investigation.
IAF has additionally lodged a criticism with DGCA following the incident at Rajasthan’s Uttarlai Air Force Station.
