Pune: While the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has initiated an inquiry into the aircraft crash in which a trainee commercial pilot Sohel Ansari was killed, the chief flying instructor of the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA) said that within half an hour of the take off, he lost contact with the radar and his aircraft. It was later found crashed nearly 90 kilometres away from the runway.
A resident of the Tadiwala Road area in Pune, Sohel was undergoing the training of commercial pilot in IGRUA at Raibareli.
As part of the training, Sohel had take a solo sortie from Gondia’s Birsi airport on Tuesday afternoon. The aircraft was found on Wednesday in a damaged state. Sohel’s parents had gone to Gondia where Sohel’s body was handed over to them.
27/12/13 Anurag Bende/Daily News & Analysis
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A resident of the Tadiwala Road area in Pune, Sohel was undergoing the training of commercial pilot in IGRUA at Raibareli.
As part of the training, Sohel had take a solo sortie from Gondia’s Birsi airport on Tuesday afternoon. The aircraft was found on Wednesday in a damaged state. Sohel’s parents had gone to Gondia where Sohel’s body was handed over to them.
27/12/13 Anurag Bende/Daily News & Analysis
