Congress' Karnataka unit president DK 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 Mr Shivakumar told PTI.
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 DK Shivakumar and the pilot, a journalist of a Kannada news channel who was interviewing him was inside the helicopter.
Mr Shivakumar, the crew and others in the helicopter are all safe, they said.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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