Aerospatiale ATR-42-300 (VT-ABA)

Taxiing out for an early departure at NSCBIA to a regional destination. It looks like an obstacle course for the pilots as all sorts of equipment surround the flight line on a wet monsoon morning. Over 20 years old and still going strong, this aircraft was built in Feb. 1995 and served with several airlines in Spain, France and Honduras before joining Alliance Air in Feb. 2003. From Sept. 2007 it is part of Air India Regional, which flew seven ATR 42-320s in all.