Emergency landing of CM Yogi Adityanath’s helicopter after take-off due to ‘bird hit’

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (Image: PTI/FILE)

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (Image: PTI/FILE)

The Chief Minister, who is in Varanasi, is now going to the airport by road and will return to Lucknow by a state plane.

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A helicopter carrying Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had to make an emergency landing at the police lines in Varanasi minutes after takeoff.

District Magistrate Kaushalraj Sharma told PTI that after flying from here (Varanasi) to Lucknow, a bird collided with the CM’s helicopter, after which it had to land here.

The chief minister, who is in Varanasi, is now going to the airport by road and will return to Lucknow by a state plane.

The CM had come to Varanasi on Saturday and, apart from holding a review meeting, had paid obeisance at the Kashi Vishwanath temple.

With input from agencies

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