Maharashtra Cheif Minister Devendra Fadnavi luckily escaped a deadly chopper crash today in the morning. The leader was returning from a breakfast meeting with farmers at a village in later as part of ShivarSamvad.
The chopper had four travelers who are all safe now. Chief Minister himself tweeted his well being after the chopper accident and also have released a video of him speaking in Marathi and confirmed his safety. The only person who was hurt in the crash was CM’s media advisor which was a minor bruise and only needed a preliminary first aid.
The pilot had to land back the chopper within minutes of the takeoff due to an unusual wind and while landing the chopper got tangled in wires due to which the chopper crash landed in a slum area very near to the helipad place that the chopper took off from. Fortunately, no one is hurt and the CM would return Mumbai within a couple of hours.
#WATCH: Dramatic visuals of crash-landing of Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis's chopper in Latur, CM and team escaped unhurt. pic.twitter.com/xTikKyvkhg
— ANI (@ANI_news) May 25, 2017
With the blessings of people of Maharashtra and Nation, I'm safe.
My team is fine too.
Please do not believe any rumours. pic.twitter.com/4B7OUmD0ss— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) May 25, 2017