On Thursday, a helicopter carrying CM Eknath Shinde to Satara from Mumbai was diverted due to bad weather, a senior official of aviation regulator DGCA said
CM Eknath Shinde (file Photo)
On Thursday, a helicopter carrying CM Eknath Shinde to Satara from Mumbai was diverted due to bad weather, a senior official of aviation regulator DGCA said.
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The DGCA official informed that the helicopter landed safely.
"The helicopter later took off for Satara, at 3.30 pm when the weather conditions improved," the DGCA official said.
"EC 145 type of helicopter of the Govt of Maharashtra with CM on board got airborne at 12.30 pm from the Raj Bhavan helipad (in south Mumbai) for the Dare helipad (near Satara city). Enroute the helicopter encountered bad weather and diverted back to the Juhu aerodrome (in Mumbai) and landed safely," the official of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said.
(with inputs frpm PTI)
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