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Two persons injured as training aircraft crashes near village in Pune

This is the second such incident involving the private aviation academy's aircraft in four days

India's indigenous HTT-40 (Hindustan Turboprop Trainer), basic training aircraft flies during its inaugural flight at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited airport in Bengaluru on Friday Photo: PTI

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A training aircraft belonging to a private aviation academy crashed near a village in Maharashtra's Pune district on Sunday morning, injuring a trainee pilot and an instructor on board the plane, police said.

The aircraft crashed near Gojubavi village under Baramati taluka at around 8 am, they said.

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"A training aircraft, belonging to the Redbird Flight Training Academy, crashed near Gojubavi village. A trainee pilot and an instructor suffered injuries in the crash. Both have been rushed to a nearby hospital," Baramati police station's senior inspector Prabhakar More said.

"The cause of the crash is not yet known. We are conducting a probe into the incident," he said.

 

This is the second such incident involving the private aviation academy's aircraft in four days.

On Thursday evening, a training aircraft of the academy crashed near Kaftal village in Baramati taluka, injuring a pilot, according to the police.

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First Published: Oct 22 2023 | 9:28 AM IST

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