Mysuru: An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter that was stranded at the Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Helipad near Lalitha Mahal Palace at the foot of Chamundi Hill after developing a technical snag yesterday finally took off at around 10 am today, following necessary repairs.

The helicopter was part of the security convoy accompanying Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived at the helipad at around 3.20 pm yesterday to inaugurate COSMOS Planetarium.

Two escort helicopters had accompanied the Prime Minister’s chopper.

After the programme, while the other helicopters took off as scheduled, one of the escort helicopters could not fly due to a technical malfunction and remained grounded at the helipad.

The Prime Minister proceeded by road to the Mysore Airport at Mandakalli and later flew to New Delhi in a special aircraft as scheduled.

Following repairs, an IAF pilot flew the helicopter to Bengaluru this morning.