NEW DELHI, Jan 4 (NNN-PTI) – An instructor and a trainee pilot of a private aviation academy were killed, after their aircraft crashed in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police said today (Saturday).
The aircraft crashed Friday night, at Dhana, in Sagar district, about 188 km east of Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh.
“Last night at around 9:30 (local time), a single-engine trainee aircraft of the Chimes Aviation Academy (CAA), crashed here in an agricultural field close to Dhana airport,” a police official posted in Sagar, said. “Two people, instructor, Ashok Makwana and trainee pilot, Piyush Chandel, were killed in the crash.”
Officials said, the area was covered with fog at the time of the crash. The aircraft took off late Friday evening, as part of night training for the trainee pilot.
“Preliminary investigations revealed the trainee pilot attempted landing on an airstrip, but it landed in a nearby farm field, because of very poor visibility,” the police official said, adding that a thorough investigation would be carried out.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Kamal Nath, expressed grief over the death of the two people in the aircraft and offered condolences to families of the deceased.
