A Kawasaki C-2 military aircraft of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) made a short stopover at Meenambakkam airport on Saturday.
The twin-engine transport jet, which is a new plane designed and manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Japan, was on a multi-sector flight which began in Ankara, Turkey.
According to a source at the airport, the C-2 touched down early in the morning and was assigned a ground support vehicle. It was then parked at a remote bay. The source declined to offer more details.
The ‘T-tail’ aircraft, which can undertake a variety of strategic airlift and other tactical missions, later took off for Japan after another stopover at an airbase in Thailand.
The JASDF did not respond to a query about the aircraft’s landing.