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Trainer aircraft crashes

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Trainer aircraft crashes in MP's Sagar, no casualties

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Jul 18, 2021, at 03:35 am

#CivilAviation #TrainerAircraft #MadhyaPradesh #SAGAR #PlaneCrash #JyotiradityaScindia

Sagar(M.P.) /IBNS: A trainer aircraft crashed after deviating from the runway in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar. The only occupant of the aircraft - a trainee pilot - managed to escape unharmed, officials said.

The crash happened Saturday afternoon at Chimes Aviation Academy in the Dhana area of Sagar, media reports said.

The plane was a Cessna 172 and owned by the aviation institute.

#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh: A Cessna aircraft strayed off the runway at around 3 pm at Chimes Aviation Academy situated in the Dhana area of Sagar pic.twitter.com/vAQcBZZkSs
— ANI (@ANI) July 17, 2021

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said an investigative team has been sent to the spot to probe the matter.

Just got the news of a crash of a Cessna aircraft (solo flight) that belonged to the Chimes Aviation Academy in Sagar, MP. Fortunately, the trainee is safe. We are rushing an investigation team to the site.
— Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) July 17, 2021

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