Congress' Karnataka unit president D K Shivakumar's helicopter made an emergency landing at the HAL airport after a kite hit the glass of the cockpit on Tuesday afternoon.
The Congress leader was on the way to Mulbagal in Kolar district to attend a public meeting.
The chopper flew from Jakkur airport in Bengaluru but was hit by a kite, sources close to Shivakumar told PTI.
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In the impact of the crash, the glass broke into pieces. The chopper had to make an emergency landing at the HAL airport.
Along with Shivakumar and the pilot, a journalist of a Kannada news channel who was interviewing him, was inside the helicopter.
Shivakumar, the crew and others in the helicopter are all safe, they said.
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