Washington: A 19-year-old trainee pilot from India was among three people killed when two small training aircraft from a flight school collided midair in the US state of Florida, authorities said on Wednesday.
The two small planes likely to piloted by trainers smashed into each other on Tuesday over the Florida Everglades near Miami, the Federal Aviation Administration said, the Miami Herald reported.
The two aircraft — Piper PA-34 and Cessna 172 — belonged to Dean International, a flight school in Miami that has a history of more than two dozen incidents and accidents in the decade between 2007 and 2017, Miami Dade County Mayor said.
Police confirmed at least three deaths and are investigating whether a fourth person was killed.
Police identified the three victims as Nisha Sejwal from India and Jorge Sanchez, 22 and Ralph Knight, 72.
Sejwal had enrolled in flight school in September 2017, according to her Facebook page.
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The two small planes likely to piloted by trainers smashed into each other on Tuesday over the Florida Everglades near Miami, the Federal Aviation Administration said, the Miami Herald reported.
The two aircraft — Piper PA-34 and Cessna 172 — belonged to Dean International, a flight school in Miami that has a history of more than two dozen incidents and accidents in the decade between 2007 and 2017, Miami Dade County Mayor said.
Police confirmed at least three deaths and are investigating whether a fourth person was killed.
Police identified the three victims as Nisha Sejwal from India and Jorge Sanchez, 22 and Ralph Knight, 72.
Sejwal had enrolled in flight school in September 2017, according to her Facebook page.
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