A two-seater trainer aircraft crashed in Odisha's Dhenkanal on Monday, killing a trainee pilot and her instructor, district officials said. The trainer aircraft crashed on the tarmac at the Government Aviation Training Institute (GATI) at Birasala in the district, soon after taking off. The deceased were identified as trainer Sanjay Kumar Jha and student Anisha Fatima. The trainer and the student took off at around 6:30 in the morning for training on a Cessna FA-152 VT-ENF trainer aircraft. Trainer Sanjay Kumar Jha was from Bihar while Anisha Fatima, a student undergoing training, was from Tamil Nadu, authorities said.

Source: dna June 08, 2020 10:18 UTC