Hyderabad: The crash of an aircraft, which
claimed two lives on the first day of the Aviation India-2010
a five-day event, held here, dampened the spirits of
enthusiastic visitors resulting in low turnout to the show on
the last day on Sunday.
Last two days of the aviation show were meant for the
general public viewing while the first three days were meant
for business visitors.
According to Colonel Vivek Kodikal, Regional Director
FICCI, as many as 60,000 visitors including business class
visited the five-day event which was organised jointly by the
Ministry of Civil Aviation and FICCI.
"The unfortunate event on the first day and subsequent
cancellation of various air shows dampened public enthusiasm"
Kodikal said, adding "students are busy with preparing for
their annual exams." However, observers feel the turnout was
less than 40,000 this year as against nearly one lakh in the
previous edition in 2008.
"I hoped to see bigger aircrafts and displays. There
are hardly any," said Anirudh Sharma a 10-year-old student
from a city school. Colonel Kodikal said a number of B to B
meetings took place this year and the exact number would be
known after some time.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, March 07, 2010, 21:36