{"id":10963,"date":"2026-04-11T12:33:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T12:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=10963"},"modified":"2026-04-11T12:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T12:33:41","slug":"130190879-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=10963","title":{"rendered":"Close shave: Chhagan Bhujbal\u2019s helicopter lands in parking area in Pune- watch | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130191117,imgsize-1666222,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/uh39.jpg\" alt=\"Close shave: Chhagan Bhujbal\u2019s helicopter lands in parking area in Pune- watch\" title=\".\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Maharashtra cabinet minister and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal had a close call on Saturday when the helicopter he was travelling in landed in a parking lot in Pune instead of the designated helipad.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/> Officials said a proper helipad had been prepared for VVIP arrivals, but the pilot reportedly mistook an open space in the parking area for the landing site. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The area was relatively empty at the time, which may have led to the confusion. However, the landing was risky as the helicopter\u2019s spinning rotors could have caused damage to nearby vehicles or structures.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Speaking to reporters later, Bhujbal said, \u201cThere has been no accident; we have all emerged safely. <!-- -->There is no need to worry; the helicopter landed in the car parking area simply because the helipad was not visible.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Security agencies have started an inquiry to find out whether the mistake happened due to a technical problem or human error.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Bhujbal was travelling from Nashik to Khanvadi in Purandar tehsil to attend an event marking the birth anniversary of Mahatma Jyotirao Phule.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/close-shave-chhagan-bhujbals-helicopter-lands-in-parking-area-in-pune-watch\/articleshow\/130190879.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Maharashtra cabinet minister and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal had a close call on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[724,26892,723,719,720,721,26893,26895,26894,722,26896],"class_list":["post-10963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-breaking-news","tag-chhagan-bhujbal-helicopter-incident","tag-google-news","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-maharashtra-cabinet-minister-news","tag-ncp-leader-news","tag-pune-helicopter-landing","tag-today-news","tag-vvip-arrivals-in-pune"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}