Haryana CM's helicopter makes emergency landing in Hisar

Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 16:15 [IST]

Hisar, Sep. 9 (ANI): Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda's helicopter today made an emergency landing here due to bad weather.

District administration officials confirmed that the helicopter carrying Hooda, who was flying from New Delhi to Muktsar in Punjab, landed in Hisar on Wednesday afternoon.

"The chief minister's chopper made an absolutely safe landing here. It was only an emergency landing. He has left for Delhi by road now," said Navdeep Singh Virk, Hisar Superintendent of Police. ccording to sources, Hooda opted to land safely in Hasar after pilots warned of bad weather ahead.

Last week, Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others were killed when their helicopter crashed on a hill of the Nallamalla forest range near Kurnool. (ANI)

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