Sultanpur (UP), May 2: Former Union minister Maneka Gandhi slipped and fell on a rain-drenched road and suffered minor injuries while campaigning for the upcoming civic body elections here, officials said on Tuesday.

The incident occurred on Monday, the first day of Gandhi's campaign in support of BJP candidates in her constituency.

Gandhi had arrived at Ghasiganj ward to campaign for the chairperson candidate, Praveen Agrawal, and the corporator candidate in Sultanpur Nagar Panchayat.

When she alighted from her car and started walking, she slipped on a road that was wet due to rainfall. She suffered minor injuries in the incident, officials said.

The city had witnessed hailstorm along with heavy rainfall on Monday.

Civic body elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held in two phases on May 4 and May 11.

The counting of votes will be done on May 13.

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Denver: A major accident was narrowly averted at Denver International Airport on Saturday afternoon when an American Airlines flight to Miami had to stop takeoff after its landing gear resulted in smoke and fire on the runway.

The Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, operating as flight AA-3023, had 173 passengers on board, all of whom were safely evacuated. However, one person reportedly suffered a minor injury and was taken to the hospital for treatment.

A footage circulating online shows the moment panic-stricken passengers rushed down emergency slides while thick smoke rose from the aircraft’s left rear wheel.

American Airlines, in a statement, said that the aircraft ‘experienced a maintenance issue’ with a tire on the landing gear just before taking off. “All customers and crew deplaned safely, and the aircraft was taken out of service to be inspected by our maintenance team,” the airlines added.

The US aviation watchdog, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), is investigating the incident which led to the fire after malfunction in the landing gear.