Pune: A pall of gloom descended on the slum pocket located opposite Tadiwala police chowky here as news of the tragic death of the young trainee pilot Sohail Ansari (20) in an air crash trickled in. Ansari, who lived in this slum pocket with his family and was scheduled to visit them before the year ended, was flying the single engine Diamond 40 aircraft when it crashed near Pachmarhi in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.
Locals here recollected how Ansari, a diligent student, had often shared with them his dream to fly one day. "Sohail was a promising youngster who wanted to achieve something big in his life. He would always share his dream that on becoming a pilot, he would give all his neighbours a ride in an aeroplane to show them an aerial view of Tadiwala road," said Surekha Kamble, his neighbour.
Sohail had joined the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy in Rae Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, last December after completing his Class XII in science from Nowrosjee Wadia college. His father, Zahiruddin, runs a bakery on Tadiwalla road and the family resides in a small house in the slum pocket. Sohail's brothers, Mohsin and Sohaib, completed Class X from Dastur Boys school.
26/12/13 Asseem Shaikh/Times of India
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Locals here recollected how Ansari, a diligent student, had often shared with them his dream to fly one day. "Sohail was a promising youngster who wanted to achieve something big in his life. He would always share his dream that on becoming a pilot, he would give all his neighbours a ride in an aeroplane to show them an aerial view of Tadiwala road," said Surekha Kamble, his neighbour.
Sohail had joined the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy in Rae Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, last December after completing his Class XII in science from Nowrosjee Wadia college. His father, Zahiruddin, runs a bakery on Tadiwalla road and the family resides in a small house in the slum pocket. Sohail's brothers, Mohsin and Sohaib, completed Class X from Dastur Boys school.
26/12/13 Asseem Shaikh/Times of India
