Aircraft crashes into temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa; 1 pilot dead

REWA (Madhya Pradesh): One pilot died and another was injured after the plane they were flying crashed into a temple in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, in the early hours of Friday, police said.

The mishap took place early on Friday morning and the flight was a training flight, Rewa SP Navneet Bhasin said. The aircraft belonging to a private company was ascending from Chorhata airstrip, when it crashed after colliding with the dome of a temple in Dumri Village of Rewa district.

“The plane collided with a temple during training. One pilot has died and the other is injured and is being treated at Sanjay Gandhi Medical College”, Navneet Bhasin, SP, Rewa told ANI.

A team of police personnel reached the spot. Prima facie, bad weather and fog condition prevailing in the area are being attributed as the reason for the crash. Home Minister Narottham Mishra said a detailed inquiry has been ordered into the incident. (ANI)