Sagar: A trainee pilot escaped unharmed after a Cessna plane skidded off the runway whereas taking off from the Dhana airstrip in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district on Saturday.
Chimes Aviation’s native administrator, Rahul Sharma, stated the 22-year-old trainee pilot was secure, PTI reported.
The untoward incident befell at round 3 p.m. The plane belonged a non-public establishment named the Chimes Aviation Academy.
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In line with eyewitnesses, the plane skidded off the runway and reached a patch of land stuffed with shrubs.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia stated an investigation group has been rushed to the positioning.
“Simply acquired the news of a crash of a Cessna plane (solo flight) that belonged to the Chimes Aviation Academy in Sagar, MP. Happily, the trainee is secure. We’re speeding an investigation group to the positioning,” he tweeted.
Earlier on Friday, a pilot died and his trainee pupil was injured in an accident in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district. The plane belonged to the Academy of Aviation Shirpur in Dhule district.
The Madhya Pradesh authorities had earlier in March final yr banned Chimes Aviation from utilizing the Dhana airstrip after one in all its coach plane crashed in January final yr.