Pune training aircraft crash: ‘Instructor and trainee safe,’ says DGCA

PUNE : : A training aircraft crashed on Sunday morning in Maharashtra’s Pune district said Directorate General of Civil Aviation adding that both instructor and trainee safe.

“The site is 2 miles north of Baramati Airfield. Both the instructor and trainee are safe. DAS (Mumbai) is carrying out further investigation,” DGCA said in a brief statement.

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According to officials, the training aircraft crashed during a training session near Gojubavi village in Maharashtra’s Pune district.

“A training aircraft crashed during a training session near Gojubavi village in the Pune district. More details are awaited,” an official of the Pune Rural Police said.