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Posted on 10/23/2025 10:00:58 AM PDT by DFG
Emergency services rushed to push the President of India's helicopter after it became stuck in freshly poured concrete.
The incident unfolded on Wednesday morning as President Droupadi Murmu landed on a temporary helipad in the Indian village of Pramadom, with the chopper seen sinking into the ground.
Footage on social media shows how firefighters and members of the police scrambled to pull the helicopter out, but to no avail.
According to local media, the temporary helipad had been prepared overnight following a decision to divert the President's helicopter from its original destination in Nilakkal due to weather conditions.
Concrete had reportedly been poured on the ground to create the makeshift helipad just hours before the President's arrival, but the surface had not fully dried.
The mishap sparked a wave of reactions on social media, with several X users poking fun at the situation.
'When India gets that sinking feeling', one X user wrote.
Another joked: 'The pilot wanted to stick the landing'.
Officials later confirmed that the aircraft had been moved to safety and reported no injuries.
The Indian president was scheduled to offer prayers at the Sabarimala temple after landing.
She is currently halfway through her four-day visit to the Indian region of Kerala.
President Murmu, who hails from a minority ethnic community, made history after she was chosen as India's new president.
Murmu, a leader from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, was elected by the Indian Parliament and state legislatures in June 2022, making her the first president from one of the country’s tribes and the second-ever woman to hold the position.
She is a member of the Santal ethnic minority, one of India’s largest tribal groups.
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Do they have a Hindu God in the Pantheon for getting out of sticky situations?
Lol.
I guess their little demon gods abandoned dear leader. Typical indian construction and that helo looks like it was built back before the Vietnam war.
Exiting the helicopter must have been fun, too.
Better get a winch truck.
Pilot needs to call for a do over.
“Look, boss, you want a soft landing or not?”
and there will be weeping and ganeshing of teeth
Kali a tow truck.
FLIGHT AWARE TRANSCRIPT:
Pilot of India 1; MAYDAY MAYDAY - WE ARE SINKING, WE ARE SINKING
ATC Controller; What are sinking about?
This is what the USA is importing (with the H-1B program) into this country. They are NOT highly skilled. They are Thuggees and Dalits.
Call Rotor Rooter!
That’s the name!
And all your troubles
don’t go down the drain!
Begging the general’s pardon, sir, but couldn’t they just let the helicopter lift itself out of that?
[...makeshift helipad just hours before the President’s arrival,...]
Quick! Get these guys here on an H-1B visa. Can’t find this kind of talent in American universities.
It’s India, bring out the elephants!
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