Govt revives 30-yr plan to build India’s 1st passenger plane
India is reviving a three-decade-old plan to build its first passenger aircraft, a 14-seat plane called Saras, which is undergoing preliminary tests, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Director Jitendra Jadhav said. India’s air force has committed to purchase 15 of these planes. Notably, the plane's development suffered a setback in 2009 when a test flight ended in a crash.