<p> A chopper carrying Union Minister Kiren Rijiju and a BJP MP today made an emergency landing at Hindon airbase near here following engine trouble after being airborne for nearly 20 minutes.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"We are all safe," Rijiju told PTI over phone. The Minister, along with Lok Sabha member from Tehri-Garhwal Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, had taken off for Tehri on an Mi-17V5 helicopter from capital's Safdarjung airport.<br /><br />There were eight people on-board the helicopter, including officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs and two television journalists.<br /><br />The pilot detected a problem in the engine after around 20 minutes following which he landed the chopper at Hindon under emergency condition.<br /><br />"The pilot then decided to make an emergency landing in the nearby Hindon airbase," Rijiju said.<br /><br />Rijiju, Minister of State for Home, said he was travelling to Tehri to review disaster preparedness and to meet paramilitary personnel deployed along the Sino-India border.<br />An aircraft of the Border Security Force would now take Rijiju and his entourage to Uttarakhand from Hindon.<br /><br />Ten personnel of the BSF were killed when a small plane of the paramilitary force crashed near the Delhi airport just after take-off in December 2015. All on board the B 200 Super King - three officers and seven senior technicians - were killed. <br /></p>
<p> A chopper carrying Union Minister Kiren Rijiju and a BJP MP today made an emergency landing at Hindon airbase near here following engine trouble after being airborne for nearly 20 minutes.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"We are all safe," Rijiju told PTI over phone. The Minister, along with Lok Sabha member from Tehri-Garhwal Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, had taken off for Tehri on an Mi-17V5 helicopter from capital's Safdarjung airport.<br /><br />There were eight people on-board the helicopter, including officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs and two television journalists.<br /><br />The pilot detected a problem in the engine after around 20 minutes following which he landed the chopper at Hindon under emergency condition.<br /><br />"The pilot then decided to make an emergency landing in the nearby Hindon airbase," Rijiju said.<br /><br />Rijiju, Minister of State for Home, said he was travelling to Tehri to review disaster preparedness and to meet paramilitary personnel deployed along the Sino-India border.<br />An aircraft of the Border Security Force would now take Rijiju and his entourage to Uttarakhand from Hindon.<br /><br />Ten personnel of the BSF were killed when a small plane of the paramilitary force crashed near the Delhi airport just after take-off in December 2015. All on board the B 200 Super King - three officers and seven senior technicians - were killed. <br /></p>