Trainer Aircraft Crashes in Telangana’s Nalgonda; Female Pilot Killed, Govt Orders Probe

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia expressed shock and grief over the incident.

Written by: India.com News Desk Edited by: Priyanka

Updated: February 26, 2022, 5:06 PM IST

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Police registered an FIR under section 302 (punishment for murder) of the Indian Penal Code and initiated an investigation.

Hyderabad: A female trainee pilot died as a trainer aircraft crashed in Nalgonda district of Telangana on Saturday, reported news agency IANS. Police sources said that the aircraft belonging to a private aviation training company, had crashed into agricultural fields on Saturday morning. According to them, the victim hailed from Tamil Nadu. She was training at a Hyderabad-based training institute which also operates from Nagarjuna Sagar.

Telangana police rushed to the spot after being alerted by farmers working in the fields at Tungaturthi village of Peddavoora Mandal in Nalgonda district. Eyewitnesses said that the aircraft was flying from Nagarjuna Sagar, when it crashed to the ground and erupted in flames around 11.30 am.

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia expressed shock and grief over the incident. “Shocked to hear about the tragic crash of a training aircraft in Nalgonda, Telangana. An investigation team has been rushed to the site. Unfortunately, we lost the student pilot,” he tweeted.

(With IANS inputs)