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 NEW DELHI (AP) - The world's largest passenger plane — the Airbus A380 — made its first landing in India on Sunday, amid hopes by its maker that more Indian airlines will buy the super jumbo as the country's rapid globalization drives demand for long-haul flights.
Onlookers cheered as the A380 circled twice over New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport before landing. At 148 feet, the runway was not wide enough for the behemoth double-decker, but airport officials cleaned up the grass shoulders along the sides to make way for the jet's wings, which span nearly a football field.
Airbus plans to formally display the plane at a news conference Monday.
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