Glider crashes at Dumka airport, killing engineer; pilot serious
Dumka/UNI: Merely an hour after Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren inspected a two-seater glider in Dumka airport, it met with an accident and split into two.
The engineer of the glider plane, who was on board, died in the accident while the pilot is critically injured.
The deceased has been identified as engineer Dharmendra Kumar.
Pilot JP Singh has been referred to Mission Hospital Durgapur.
Dumka SP Y S Ramesh talking to UNI confirmed the death of the engineer.
Eye witnesses said that the incident took place around 5:30 PM.
After its routine sortie, the glider was landing on the runway when one of its wheels hit a mud heap. It kept on dragging for a while after that and split in two parts.
The SP said a team from the civil aviation department will come to probe the accident. The airport has been sealed for the investigation, he added.
An hour before the incident, Chief Minister Hemant Soren had inspected the glider when he landed here on his way to Ranchi.
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