New Delhi: A 22-year-old woman trainee pilot suffered injuries after a light training aircraft crashed in an open field in Pune on July 25.
Officials have said that the incident took place at around 11.30 am at Kadbanwadi village of Indapur taluka in Pune due to suspected power loss.
"On July 25, Carver Aviation Cessna 152 aircraft VT-ALI on a solo cross country flight made a crash landing while 15 nm inbound to Baramati Airfield due to suspected power loss," Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in a statement.
The victim has been identified as Bhavika Rathod, a trainee-pilot who incurred minor injuries in the incident.
She was given first aid and then taken to a private hospital in Shegaon for treatment.
As per reports, the aircraft is a Cessna 152 VT-ALI belonging to Carter aviation in which pilot Rathod was on a solo flight sortie.
The DGCA, in a statement, said that the ill-fated aircraft which took off on a solo cross-country flight, made a crash landing, around 15 nautical miles from Baramati Airfield, "due to suspected power loss".
Earlier in January, an aircraft of the Indian Army's Officers' Training Academy crashed shortly after take-off in Bihar's Gaya.
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