Overview
- An official statement said take-off permission was denied Wednesday evening to a chartered aircraft carrying Maharashtra Water Supply Minister Gulabrao Patil from Latur to Jalgaon.
- Airport and district officials said flights from Latur require clearances from Bidar and two other authorities, which were not obtained in time.
- After the refusal, Patil completed the journey to Jalgaon by road, and the administration released no additional operational details.
- PTI reports noted he reportedly reached the airport late earlier in the day, which delayed the planned departure.
- In a separate episode a day earlier, a routine inspection detected a technical snag in a helicopter slated for BJP leader Pankaja Munde, delaying her travel as leaders remain cautious following the January 28 crash that killed Ajit Pawar.