Watch | Congress Karnataka Chief DK Shivakumar Survives Mid-air Crash

Karnataka Elections 2023: Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar later posted on social media ‘while on our way to Mulbagal, our helicopter met with an accident, in which my fellow passengers were injured’.

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Updated on: 2 May 2023 11:01 am

Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar

Congress' Karnataka chief DK Shivakumar on Tuesday had a narrow escape after bird hit the aircraft he was travelling in mid-air.?

#WATCH My colleague and Tv9 Kannada political editor Pramod Shastri and @DKShivakumar just survived a mid air catastrophe, when a bird smashed into the Helipad window, shattering it.

Their reaction tells you what they must be going in their mind when it must have happened? pic.twitter.com/V4GHOlOm0S
— Muhammad Wajihulla (@wajihulla) May 2, 2023

Following the incident, the helicopter made an emergency landing at the HAL airport, PTI report said.

It mentioned a kite had hit the glass of the?

Congress leader Shivkumar was on the way to Mulbagal in Kolar district to attend a public meeting.

PTI report said the chopper flew from Jakkur airport in Bengaluru but was hit by a kite.

“In the impact of the crash, the glass broke into pieces. The chopper had to make an emergency landing at the HAL airport,” it mentioned.

Along with DK Shivakumar and the pilot, a journalist of a Kannada news channel who was interviewing him was inside the helicopter, it said.

While on our way to Mulbagal, our helicopter met with an accident, in which my fellow passengers were injured.

Thanks to the wishes of all Kannadigas, I am safe, and I thank the pilot for his quick response in making an emergency landing.

Travelling to Mulbagal by road now. ??
— DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar) May 2, 2023