MP: Trainee feminine pilot, flight teacher killed as plane crashes in Balaghat district

By PTI

BALAGHAT(MP)/GONDIA: A coach plane crashed on Saturday within the hilly area of Madhya Pradesh’s Naxalite-affected Balaghat district and caught hearth, killing the flight teacher and the girl trainee pilot, officers stated.

The plane belonged to the IGRAU (Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi) which was on a coaching sortie, and prima facie dangerous climate precipitated the crash, stated an official from Gondia in neighbouring Maharashtra.

Balaghat Superintendent of Police Sameer Saurabh stated two badly burnt our bodies have been recovered from the spot which falls underneath the Lanji police station.

He stated the charred physique of a person (believed to be that of pilot Mohit Thakur’s) was discovered on the hills of Lanji and Kirnapur areas, about 40 km from the Balaghat district headquarters, close to the positioning of the crash.

“We received information at around 3:45 pm (about the crash). As the area falls under the Naxalite-infested belt, security forces were summoned. Other personnel reached the spot after the area was cordoned off. We have recovered the bodies of the flight instructor and the woman pilot which are badly burnt. The spot comes under the Lanji police station”, Saurabh added.

Deputy Inspector General of Police Anurag Sharma advised PTI the coach plane took off from the Birsi airstrip in Gondia district bordering Balaghat at 3.06 pm. It misplaced reference to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) at 3.11 pm.

“It is widely believed that the charred body was that of pilot Mohit Thakur’s (around 25 years),” he stated and added the girl trainee pilot, Vrikshanka Maheshwari, (round 20 years) is lacking.” Prima facie, both of them perished in the crash,” he added.

The coach plane belongs to IGRAU (Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi).

It crashed on the hills close to Bhukkutola village in Balaghat district at round 3:30 pm, killing a flight coaching captain and a feminine trainee, IGRAU Administrative Officer Satya Kumar advised PTI in Gondia.

“The trainer aircraft with flight instructor captain Mohit took off from the Birsi airport on a routine sortie at around 3 PM. It reportedly crashed due to bad weather in the hills near Bhukkutola village,” he stated.

“The aircraft caught fire in which bodies of captain Mohit and the trainee pilot were badly mutilated. After getting the information, a fire-fighting team and a rescue team from Birsi along with other officials concerned rushed to the spot,” he added.

The wreckage of the plane was traced on the hills, Kumar stated, including villagers have been first to achieve the spot.

BALAGHAT(MP)/GONDIA: A coach plane crashed on Saturday within the hilly area of Madhya Pradesh’s Naxalite-affected Balaghat district and caught hearth, killing the flight teacher and the girl trainee pilot, officers stated.

The plane belonged to the IGRAU (Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi) which was on a coaching sortie, and prima facie dangerous climate precipitated the crash, stated an official from Gondia in neighbouring Maharashtra.

Balaghat Superintendent of Police Sameer Saurabh stated two badly burnt our bodies have been recovered from the spot which falls underneath the Lanji police station.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

He stated the charred physique of a person (believed to be that of pilot Mohit Thakur’s) was discovered on the hills of Lanji and Kirnapur areas, about 40 km from the Balaghat district headquarters, close to the positioning of the crash.

“We received information at around 3:45 pm (about the crash). As the area falls under the Naxalite-infested belt, security forces were summoned. Other personnel reached the spot after the area was cordoned off. We have recovered the bodies of the flight instructor and the woman pilot which are badly burnt. The spot comes under the Lanji police station”, Saurabh added.

Deputy Inspector General of Police Anurag Sharma advised PTI the coach plane took off from the Birsi airstrip in Gondia district bordering Balaghat at 3.06 pm. It misplaced reference to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) at 3.11 pm.

“It is widely believed that the charred body was that of pilot Mohit Thakur’s (around 25 years),” he stated and added the girl trainee pilot, Vrikshanka Maheshwari, (round 20 years) is lacking.” Prima facie, both of them perished in the crash,” he added.

The coach plane belongs to IGRAU (Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi).

It crashed on the hills close to Bhukkutola village in Balaghat district at round 3:30 pm, killing a flight coaching captain and a feminine trainee, IGRAU Administrative Officer Satya Kumar advised PTI in Gondia.

“The trainer aircraft with flight instructor captain Mohit took off from the Birsi airport on a routine sortie at around 3 PM. It reportedly crashed due to bad weather in the hills near Bhukkutola village,” he stated.

“The aircraft caught fire in which bodies of captain Mohit and the trainee pilot were badly mutilated. After getting the information, a fire-fighting team and a rescue team from Birsi along with other officials concerned rushed to the spot,” he added.

The wreckage of the plane was traced on the hills, Kumar stated, including villagers have been first to achieve the spot.