Overview

• The deputy chief minister’s flight from Jalgaon was delayed first by technical issues and then when the pilot declined to fly after exceeding his duty-hour limit and citing ill health.
• Ministers Girish Mahajan and Gulabrao Patil secured medical clearance and regulatory approvals after a 45-minute discussion to resume the flight.
• During the hold-up, Shinde offered seats to Sheetal Borde and her husband after they missed their commercial flight for a scheduled kidney transplant.
• On landing in Mumbai, Shinde arranged a special ambulance and personally oversaw Borde’s admission to the hospital.
• Officials later confirmed that the transplant surgery could not proceed because the donated kidney did not match the donor.