A flight instructer and a trainee pilot were killed after the aircraft they were travelling in crashed into a river near the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border.

The National Flying Training Institute (NFTI) aircraft crashed into the Vainganga river in Maharashtra&#39;s Gondia district after developing a technical snag.

The incident took place at around 9:30 am, news agencies quoted the police as saying. The flight instructer, Captain Rajan Gupta, was reportedly accompanying trainee Hemashree on a solo test sortie.

Rescue and police teams have rushed to the spot and efforts are on to locate the victims.

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The aircraft crashed into the Vainganga river in Maharashtra's Gondia district after developing a technical snag

A flight instructer and a trainee pilot were killed after the aircraft they were travelling in crashed into a river near the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border. The National Flying Training Institute (NFTI) aircraft crashed into the Vainganga river in Maharashtra's Gondia district after developing a technical snag. The incident took place at around 9:30 am, news agencies quoted the police as saying. The flight instructer, Captain Rajan Gupta, was reportedly accompanying trainee Hemashree on a solo test sortie. Rescue and police teams have rushed to the spot and efforts are on to locate the victims. (WION)

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India: Two including pilot killed in plane crash in Maharashtra