Training aircraft crashes in Pune district

A training aircraft belonging to a private aviation academy on Sunday crashed near a village in Maharashtra's Pune district, injuring a trainee pilot and an instructor on board the plane, police said.

The aircraft crashed near Gojubavi village under Baramati taluka at around 8 am, they said.

This is the second case within 4 days.

"A training aircraft, belonging to the Redbird Flight Training Academy, crashed near Gojubavi village. A trainee pilot and an instructor suffered injuries in the crash. Both have been rushed to a nearby hospital," Baramati police station's senior inspector Prabhakar More said.

More details awaited