{"id":16304,"date":"2026-05-07T14:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=16304"},"modified":"2026-05-07T14:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:06:07","slug":"130898344-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=16304","title":{"rendered":"Mid-air scare: Eknath Shinde\u2019s helicopter makes U-turn amid bad weather | 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-130898623,imgsize-33280,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/file-photo-maharashtra-deputy-cm-eknath-shinde.jpg\" alt=\"Mid-air scare: Eknath Shinde\u2019s helicopter makes U-turn amid bad weather\" title=\"&lt;p&gt;File photo: Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde &lt;br&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"File photo: Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde \"><\/p>\n<p>File photo: Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: A helicopter carrying Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde was forced to return to Mumbai on Thursday afternoon after encountering bad weather mid-flight, officials said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>According to news agency ANI, Shinde was travelling from Mumbai to Murbad in Thane district to attend a wedding ceremony in the family of a Shiv Sena office-bearer.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The helicopter had taken off from the helipad at Mahalaxmi Racecourse at around 3:30 pm.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>In a statement, the office of the deputy CM said the helicopter deviated from its scheduled route after the pilot noticed an approaching storm system near Airoli in Navi Mumbai.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>\u201cDue to the pilot\u2019s timely alertness and presence of mind, the helicopter was turned back and safely landed at the Pawan Hans helipad in Juhu,\u201d the statement said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>\u201cNo one was injured in the incident, and all those on board, including Deputy CM Shinde, are safe,\u201d it added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Pilot alerted Shinde about approaching storm<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>The pilot informed Shinde about the deteriorating weather conditions and advised against continuing the journey. Following the warning, the deputy chief minister decided to return to Mumbai immediately.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The helicopter later landed safely at the Pawan Hans facility in Juhu.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>According to news agency PTI, Shinde was accompanied by members of his staff, including personal assistant Prabhakar Kale, special executive officer Balsingh Rajput and media adviser Vinay Patrdukar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The development comes months after a major aviation tragedy involving then Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash on January 28 while travelling to Baramati in Pune district. Four others were also killed in the crash.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/mid-air-scare-eknath-shindes-helicopter-makes-u-turn-amid-bad-weather\/articleshow\/130898344.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo: Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde NEW DELHI: A helicopter carrying Maharashtra deputy chief&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[724,37697,723,37698,719,720,721,389,37699,37700,722],"class_list":["post-16304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-breaking-news","tag-eknath-shinde-helicopter-incident","tag-google-news","tag-helicopter-mid-air-scare","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-maharashtra-deputy-chief-minister","tag-mumbai-helicopter-return","tag-navi-mumbai-storm-alert","tag-today-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16304","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=16304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}