The blast outside the Delhi High Court on Wednesday grounded one of India's finest and most experienced pilots. Ronald Nagar was at the high court's gate number 5 with his brother John when the bomb went off.
While John received minor injuries on his lower body, Ronald received severe shrapnel injuries around his right eye. Initially, they were taken to RML Hospital, only to be a shifted to a private hospital hours later.
"The police and doctors were very good. They even returned all my money," says Roland.
Through the night, the doctors operated upon Ronald for his multiple injuries.
Ronald, now a senior vice-president with Kingfisher Airlines, is no ordinary pilot. He flew with late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi as a co-pilot in Indian Airlines. Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi perhaps had this closeness in mind when he met him at RML Hospital.
Ronald shot into fame becoming the first pilot to land in toughest foggy conditions in Delhi. Ronald was the first to land using Instrumental Landing System under CAT III B condition on a foggy Delhi runway.
Ronald is known to be one the most experienced pilots of Airbus A-320 family of aircraft. He is also an avid examiner of aircraft, including the A-319, A-320 and A-321.
He was a key member of an expert team that probed last year's Mangalore crash.
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