The Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully landed a Mirage-2000 on the Yamuna Expressway near Mathura on Thursday as part of its trials to use national highways for emergency landing by fighter aircraft.

1. IAF fighter jet successfully lands on Noida's Yamuna
Expressway as part of IAF's trial run
The Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully landed a Mirage-2000 on the Yamuna
Expressway near Mathura on Thursday as part of its trials to use national highways
for emergency landing by fighter aircraft.
"The aircraft made a practice approach on the highway, coming down to a height of
100 meters before landing off the next approach. The operations were conducted with
active support from the government of Uttar Pradesh, Yamuna Expressway Authority,
toll authorities of JP Infratech and the civil police," the IAF said in a statement.
"The IAF has plans to activate more such stretches on highways in the future," it
added.
The statement said the Mirage-2000 got airborne from one of the IAF bases in central
India. It landed on the highway at about 6:40am.

2. The exercise was done in coordination with the district magistrates and
superintendents of Agra and Mathura and necessary tie up was carried out for
activation of the selected stretch, the statement said.
Hindustan Times had reported earlier this month that the IAF was in talks to convert
the nearly 3 km stretch into a road runway.
The IAF had recently presented the proposal to the state government after ascertaining
details of the Agra-Lucknow expressway, the longest greenfield expressway in the
country. The IAF will also bear the cost of the project.
Sources said for a segment to be used as a road runway, it will have to be straight,
level and located on a non-undulating ground without any slope.