Bengaluru: Jets soaring past and aerobatics by choppers and fixed-wing aircraft had the crowd's necks craned and eyes glued to the skies on the fourth day of the Aero India here on Saturday .With all their attention on the aircraft, six children, including, a threeand-a-half-year-old girl, were lost, with parents having to spend anxious moments.
A senior IAF official told TOI: "In almost all cases we found that the parents were gaping at the skies ignoring their children. But we must give credit to the Operations Control Centre Control Centre and the personnel keeping an eye on the station; they found all the children in about four hours." hours."
The three-anda-half-year-old girl, the officer said, couldn't articulate anything. "It was a difficult task, but we are glad that she has been reunited with her family," he said.
Parents had even ignored advertisements and media advisories not to bring very young children.Tens of children were seen covering their ears and crying. During the last flying display of the day, French firm Dassault, maker of Rafale fighter jets, started throwing caps into the crowd, resulting in chaos as people rushed to pick them up.
22/02/15 Chethan Kumar/Times of India
A senior IAF official told TOI: "In almost all cases we found that the parents were gaping at the skies ignoring their children. But we must give credit to the Operations Control Centre Control Centre and the personnel keeping an eye on the station; they found all the children in about four hours." hours."
The three-anda-half-year-old girl, the officer said, couldn't articulate anything. "It was a difficult task, but we are glad that she has been reunited with her family," he said.
Parents had even ignored advertisements and media advisories not to bring very young children.Tens of children were seen covering their ears and crying. During the last flying display of the day, French firm Dassault, maker of Rafale fighter jets, started throwing caps into the crowd, resulting in chaos as people rushed to pick them up.
22/02/15 Chethan Kumar/Times of India
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