A pilot from the Karnataka was killed and a trainee lady pilot was injured after a training aircraft crashed in Chopda in the Jalgaon district of Maharashtra on Friday.
The deceased pilot was identified as Noorul Ameen (28), while the injured student Anshika Gurjar (22) a native of Madhya Pradesh.
She had been admitted to a local hospital. She has suffered fractures and is said to be out of danger.
The two-seater aircraft of Italian make – VT-BRP- took off from Shirpur and crashed off the Wardhi village in Chopda along the Satpura ranges.
The plane belonged to the NMIMS Academy of Aviation (NMIMSAA) at Shirpur in Dhule, affiliated with the reputed Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVPKM)’s group of educational institutions in Mumbai.
The immediate cause of the crash is not yet known.
