Pune, 13 May

(HS): A trainer aircraft of Redbird Aviation Company crashed during an

emergency landing, near Gojubavi village in Baramati in in Pune district, in the

morning around 8.50. Although the pilot is safe, the villagers were shocked to

see the aircraft coming down, and recalled the crash in which former Deputy

Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others died.

The pilot noticed technical problems in the

aircraft flying at a low height and attempted emergency landing. A part of the

aircraft hit an electric pole while landing and hit the ground with a loud noise.

The villagers immediately rushed to the accident site. Police and rescue teams also rushed to the

site. None was injured in the accident. The trainee pilot was safe without any

injury.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar