Prime Minister Narendra Modi boarding Air India One
The government dismissed speculation about any threat to Prime Minister Modi while he was flying over the same airspace as the downed Malaysian Airways flight.
The Prime Minister, who was flying in the Air India One, was flying through area on way back from BRICS summit in Brazil.
"I think that is speculation .... There was no danger to our PM's aircraft. No problem. On Air India One, the flight data is on foreign radar," Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju told reporters when asked whether there was any threat to the PM's plane which flew over the same airspace.
298 people were killed aboard the Malaysian Airlines plane after it was shot down by alleged Ukrainian Separatists.
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