According to news reports coming in, Ex-Prime minister Manmohan Singh was lucky to escape a plane crash. The Air India One flying the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on an official visit to Russia did not lower its landing gear as required when it was approaching to land in Moscow the reports said. The corrective action by pilots of the Boeing 747 was taken only after being alerted by the Moscow Air Traffic Control (ATC). The ATC, upon noticing the error, had warned the pilots that they had failed to lower the aircraft wheels. Warning lights in the cockpit also alerted the pilots, the report said. A senior commander is said to have been quoted as saying, "What is perplexing is that according to the FDR data of this flight, the aircraft descended to a rather low height before corrective action was taken.

Simultaneously, the ATC warned the aircraft that its landing gear is not down and alarm bell sounded in cockpit". A pilot said, "On a VVIP flight it may be decided to bring the landing gear down at a little later stage. The reason being the moment wheels are brought out, drag increases and that leads to more noise disturbance on the aircraft. So it may have been possible the landing gear was brought out late to keep the flight quiet for the PM on board".