IAF airlifts 348 passengers as Leh NH closed

PTI

Jammu, March 16

The Indian Air Force (IAF) carried 348 passengers in its aircraft between Ladakh and J&K in view of the closure of the Srinagar-Leh National Highway (NH) owing to heavy snowfall, an official said. The IAF’s AN-32 aircraftwas operated to airlift 171 passengers between Jammu and Kargil and 177 more between Srinagar and Kargil, officials said.

He said 152 passengers were airlifted from Jammu to Kargil and 19 from Kargil to Jammu, while 141 passengers were airlifted from Srinagar to Kargil and 36 from Kargil to Srinagar.

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