Lagatar24 Desk
Pune, July 25: A 22-year-old female trainee pilot Bhavika Rathod suffered injuries after a single-seater training plane crashed in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Monday, according to the police.
The aircraft experienced a technical issue which led to the mishap in the Kadbanwadi area of the Indapur tehsil.
Around 11:30 a.m., the plane crashed in a wide-open field. The pilot suffered minor wounds and was later taken to a hospital.
#WATCH | Maharashtra: A trainee aircraft crashed in a farm in Kadbanwadi village of Indapur taluka in Pune district today around 11.30am. 22-yr-old trainee pilot, Bhavika Rathod injured. Aircraft belongs to Carver Aviation, Baramati. Its staff present at spot. Investigation is on pic.twitter.com/Z895LQAXn2
— ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2022
The plane had departed from the Baramati airport in Pune and belongs to Carver Flying, a private aviation school in Maharashtra’s Baramati.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) confirmed the incident saying, “On 25.07.2022, Carver Aviation Cessna 152 aircraft VT-ALI on a solo cross-country flight made a crash landing while 15 nm inbound to Baramati Airfield due to suspected power loss.”
