VP candidate in helicopter mishap

VP candidate in helicopter mishap

MANILA (AFP): A helicopter carrying leading vice-presidential
candidate, Senator Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, made an emergency
landing in the central Philippines yesterday. Arroyo was unhurt,
aides said.

Arroyo, her husband Mike Arroyo, a town mayor, a television
cameraman and a pilot were in the private helicopter that was
about to take off in Silay on the island of Negros, aides said.

The helicopter had barely gotten off the ground when its tail
rotor hit a tree, forcing it to land again.

Arroyo is the administration's candidate for vice president in
the May 11 national elections. She leads in public opinion
surveys.