MANILA, Philippines 鈥� A helicopter boarded by Sen. Ramon 鈥淏ong鈥� Revilla Jr. made an emergency landing in Cebu due to a kite鈥檚 string.
Revilla鈥檚 office confirmed the matter to 黑料社 on Monday, saying that the incident took place last March 28.
鈥淗e is okay. He and his family had a Mass yesterday to thank the Lord that nothing bad happened,鈥� Revilla鈥檚 media relations officer said in Filipino.
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In a separate statement also issued on Monday, Revilla recounted his experience, detailing that the pilot aboard the chopper sensed that something was off with the aircraft鈥檚 tail rotor after a kite鈥檚 thread got entangled on it.
Revilla said that the pilot, after noticing the problem, decided to proceed to an emergency landing.
The re-electionist lawmaker was in Cebu to support the campaign kick-off and proclamation rally of One Cebu Party.
Before the incident, he had been actively visiting various towns in the province to attend local sorties.