M’laya CM Sangma’s chopper makes emergency landing
First Published: 2nd November, 2022 19:35 IST
CM Sangma shared a clip from the spot. Sangma said that he was returning from Tura when the incident happened.
Chief Minister Conrad Sangma’s helicopter had to make an emergency landing near Umiam lake after failing to get down at an Advance Landing Ground in Upper Shillong due to bad weather.
Sangma was on the way from Tura to Shillong.
Soon after the landing, CM Sangma shared a clip from the spot. Sangma said that he was returning from Tura when the incident happened.
Stating that he enjoyed the scenery on the campus of the Union Christian College where the helicopter made the emergency landing, Sangma thanked the captain and pilot for bringing them back safely.
The weather is truly unpredictable. Thank the captain and pilot, Sangma tweeted. Later Sangma met the staff of the College and had lunch at the canteen there.
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