A Chinese military expert has accused India of "violating" Beijing's diplomatic rights and "spying" on its military ware while inspecting the cargo plane of the United Arab Emirates air force which was detained in Kolkata.
The detained cargo plane belonging to the UAE Air Force, which was found laden with arms and ammunition, took off for China's Xianyang city on Thursday after being grounded in Kolkata for four days.
The stalemate still continues over the China-bound United Arab Emirates Air Force aircraft detained at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International airport in Kolkata after arms and ammunition were found on board as the Customs authorities are yet to get green signal from the Ministry of External Affairs.
A China-bound cargo plane of the United Arab Emirates Air Force was detained and its ten crew members including the pilot were questioned when customs officials found arms and ammunition on board the aircraft after it made a scheduled transit landing at the airport in Kolkata.
The first women pilots in the fighter stream of IAF will be selected from the current batch at Air Force Academy.
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