Trainee Pilot Dies In Telangana Plane Crash, Probe Ordered

Telangana plane crash: Citing preliminary information, a police official said the aircraft, which came from Andhra Pradesh side, crashed at a village in Nalgonda district.

A woman trainee pilot died when an aircraft belonging to a private aviation academy crashed in Nalgonda district of Telangana on Saturday, police said.

Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said he was shocked. A team of investigators is on its way to the mishap site.

Mahima (28), who has been training for the past four months, took off on the Cessna 152 aircraft at about 10.25 AM and it was flying over Tungaturthi village in the district, a police official told news agency PTI.

An eye-witness saw the plane crashing down on a field and breaking into pieces. There was no fire after the crash, the official said.