Trainer aircraft crashes in Gujarat’s Amreli district, pilot killed

A young pilot was killed after his trainer aircraft crashed into a residential area near Shastri Nagar in Gujarat’s Amreli district on Tuesday, April 22.

According to the Amreli superintendent of police (SP), Sanjay Kharat, the trainee pilot belonged to Vision



Flying Training Institute (VFTI), private aviation academy from Delhi. The Tecnam P2008 JC aircraft had taken off from Amreli airport around 12:30 pm.

The aircraft hit a tree before falling into an open plot. It was engulfed in flames, killing the pilot on the spot.