 "Bad weather forces IAF chopper to make unscheduled landing")
Ahmedabad: An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter made an unscheduled landing today due to bad weather near Mehsana, around 75 km from Ahmedabad, an IAF official said. “An MI-17 helicopter, which was headed to Ahmedabad from Jodhpur in Rajasthan, had to make an unscheduled landing near Mehsana because of bad weather conditions,” said IAF spokesperson MG Mehta.[caption id=“attachment_1036383” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Representational image. Image courtesy PIB[/caption] After weather conditions became conducive, the helicopter, which carried three army personnel, reached Ahmedabad as per schedule, he said. On Wednesday, a privately-owned helicopter, carrying three passengers including Narayan Sai, son of controversial godman Asaram Bapu, had crashlanded in a cemetery in Gomtipur area of the city in Ahmedabad. However, there were no casualties and everybody, including the chopper pilot, escaped unhurt. PTI
After weather conditions became conducive, the helicopter, which carried three army personnel, reached Ahmedabad as per schedule, an IAF official said.
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