The incident was reported at about 4:00 PM after the three Mi-17 choppers took off from Ankleshwar to Ahmedabad after the President inaugurated a super-speciality hospital there.
However, only the chopper carrying the President and another one landed here.
Officials said the third chopper in the fleet developed a technical glitch mid-air and it made an emergency landing at Vadodara, about 90 kms from Ankleshwar. Vaghela and other members of the Presidential entourage were onboard the helicopter.
The last event of the day where the President was supposed to meet the students of 'Bapu Gujarat Knowledge Village and Samarpan Education and Research Campus' was also "rescheduled" and timed for an hour later due to this development.
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Later, during the event, the President expressed "regret" for reaching late and said a helicopter in his fleet had developed a "technical problem".
The helicopter caused some problems and we could not reach in time. I sincerely regret that, he said.