Vijayapura: Two Hurt As Trainer Aircraft Crashes
The aircraft, operated by Redbird Fight Training for flight training purposes, was flying from Kalaburagi to Belagavi when it crashed due to reasons yet to be known
Vijayapura: Capt Kunal Malhotra, a flight instructor with Redbird Aviation, and Goutham Sankar P.R., a trainee pilot, were injured when a two-seater flight training aircraft crashed in a field at Mangalura village of Vijayapura district in Karnataka between 2.30 pm and 2.40 pm on Sunday.
The aircraft landed in an agricultural field during a training sortie. Local Farmers and sugarcane-cutting workers came to the rescue of the duo. Superintendent of police Laxman Nimbargi said both occupants were safe and were shifted to a hospital for treatment.
“Both were shifted to BLDE Hospital in Vijayapur, where doctors said they sustained minor injuries and are in stable condition. The local police have cordoned off the landing area, and a fire engine has been deployed at the site as a precautionary measure,” he said.
Officials from DGCA will come from Hyderabad to take up further investigation.
