The AN 32 carrying 40 passengers from Tambaram landed at the HAl airport on Saturday as part of the rescue operation carried out to help the stranded people at Chennai and surrounding areas affected by heavy flooding due to incessant rain in the past few days.
“We are happy that HAl airport could be used for the noble mission”, said T Suvarna Raju, CMD, HAl.
HAl airport is not open for commercial operations since 2008 as new airport opened at Devanhalli.
At present, HAl airport is used 24x7 for military flying, test flights, chartered and VVIP flights.