A chopper bound with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fatnavis was forced to land soon after take-off from Nasik. The chopper headed to Aurangabad emergency landed due to overloading.
The private chopper took off again successfully for its scheduled journey after offloading one of the passengers and some luggage. Although police did not specify the reasons for the chopper making force-landing.
According to an aviation expert, the de-boarding of a passenger and some luggage could be linked to the maximum load carrying capacity of the helicopter. As the helicopter was unable to get the required altitude to fly, some luggage was also offloaded. This is not a major issue. The chief minister flew in the same chopper and attended all events in Aurangabad as per schedule.
On July 7, before take-off in a helicopter from Alibaug near Mumbai, Fadnavis narrowly missed being struck by the chopper’s tail rotor when the pilot inexplicably started the engines before the chief minister had boarded.
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