vIndianz.com (Dec. 09, 2009) — President Pratibha Patil, her husband Devisingh Shekhawat and Orissa Governor M C Bhandari today had a close shave when three blades of the helicopter ferrying them back from Puri hit the asbestos shed of a building at Bhubaneswar airport on Wednesday evening.
All three VVIPs are safe and sound, a senior official said. Three blades of the 16-seater helicopter struck the shed, uprooting its asbestos roof, he said adding the three blades twisted under the force.
The President was returning to Bhubaneswar after inaugurating an Urban Haat at Puri.
Luckily there were no injuries reported and all of them landed safely without any problems.
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