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DGCA rules out foul play in Rahul Gandhi's plane snag during Karnataka campaign

The Congress had alleged a controversy

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi survived a plane crash during his election campaign, according to a report prepared by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The report, however, said that no foul play was involved.

According to a report in The Economic Times, Rahul's plane made an emergency landing on April 26 while going to Karnataka for election campaign.

However, the DGCA has ruled out any conspiracy, India Today reported. They have, however, blamed the pilots for acting too late "due to lack of institutional awareness".

Sources in the DGCA say that the probe shows the aircraft had developed a snag while it was on auto-pilot mode and it veered sharply to one side.

Earlier, the Congress party filed a police complaint after an aircraft carrying party president Rahul Gandhi suffered a serious malfunction and alleged that it endangered the life of the passengers.

A complaint with the Karnataka DGP Smt Neelmani N Raju has been filed by Kaushal Vidyarthee who was travelling with the Congress president in a special flight from New Delhi to Hubli.

The other passengers who were travelling were - Mr. Rampreet, Mr. Rahul Ravi and Mr. Rahul Gautam (SPG Officer).

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation, however, said that it was a snag of autopilot mode and pilot shifted to manual and landed safely.

"Such autopilot incidents are not uncommon. For any VIP flight, DGCA examines in detail. We shall do here also," the DGCA said.

Vidyarthee, in a complaint, said that 'unexplained technical failures' occurred during the course of a flight, and added, 'shuddering and altitude dipping was not natural or weather-related'.

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