Bengaluru: A helicopter carrying state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and three others. including Home Minister G Parameshwara had to resort to an emergency landing after suffering a bird hit shortly after take-off at HAL Airport today, April 24.
All persons on board the chopper were unhurt and the chopper too did not suffer any damage in the bird hit.
The Chief Minister and others left for Shravanabelogala in Hassan district as scheduled by the same helicopter a few minutes later after getting the clearance.
Siddaramaiah was on an official visit to Shravanabelogala to launch developmental schemes for “Mahamasthakabhisheka”, a once in a 12-year event at the Jain pilgrimage centre scheduled for February next year.
Mahamasthakabhisheka is the anointment of the 57-foot high monolithic statue of Jain deity Lord Gommateshwara, also known as Bahubali, located on Vindyagiri at Shravanabelogala.
