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Putin’s visit to India created history, for the first time in the world so many people tracked his plane

By Samira Vishwas

Russian President Plane: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two-day visit to India is historic in many ways. Apart from bilateral agreements with India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi breaking protocol by going to Palam Airport to welcome Putin, this visit has created a new record. In fact, from yesterday morning i.e. from the morning of 4th December, the eyes of the whole world were fixed on the government plane coming to India carrying Russian President Putin.

According to data from Flight Radar 24, Putin’s special plane became the most tracked flight in the world for a few hours. Millions of people followed it in real time. Flight tracking platform Flight Radar 24 posted on its official social media handle

People are constantly checking the location of Putin’s flight

Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are scheduled to meet for two days in Delhi. After this post, curiosity has increased further around the world. People are constantly checking the location of the flight. Russian President Vladimir Putin reached New Delhi on Wednesday evening in his special plane. Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself welcomed him at the airport. There was a warm welcome between the two leaders. This is the 22nd India-Russia annual summit. There will be in-depth discussions between the two countries on important issues like defence, trade, energy, investment and nuclear cooperation.

2 Russian space planes game

Two Russian government planes were seen during Putin’s visit. One plane suddenly switched off its transponder and the other kept it on. Then after some time the role changed. This technique is adopted for security reasons, due to which it is difficult to trace the actual location of the aircraft. The transponder sends the aircraft’s altitude, speed and precise coordinates to air traffic control.

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Putin’s Ilyushin IL-96-300PU aircraft

Vladimir Putin, one of the world’s most secure leaders, never travels abroad without his two special things. This includes his bulletproof Aurus Senate limousine car and his state-of-the-art presidential aircraft Ilyushin IL-96-300PU. The world also calls it the Flying Kremlin. The aircraft is a specially modified version of the original IL-96-300, which was built by the Ilyushin Design Bureau in the 1980s. Its first flight took place on 28 September 1988. It was put into service in the early 1990s.

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