CM helicopter catches fire, untoward incident averted

The News Minute | January 10, 2014 | 11.49 am IST Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s helicopter caught fire on Saturday morning before take off and security personnel immediately escorted him and others to safety. Siddaramiah was scheduled to travel to Mysuru from HAL airport in Bengaluru. However, security personnel spotted a fire before take off and immediately escorted the chief minister, PWD minister H C Mahadevappa, Joint Secretary Ramaiah, and CMO media coordinator Prabhakar to safety.The fire was said to be due to technical glitches. The chief minister was at HAL airport at the time of writing. Tweet