HYDERABAD: In a tragic incident, a trainee lady pilot and an instructor were killed while the aircraft they had been flying crashed in a cotton subject at Sultanpur village of Vikarabad district, around 100 km from Hyderabad, on Sunday. Bad weather is suspected of having prompted the twist of fate. The victims were Amanti Kaur, 22, from Punjab, and Prakash Vishal, 24, from Delhi. A Cessna 172 belonged to Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Academy, owned by Wings Aviation Private constrained, a flying institute in Hyderabad. It turned into a schooling flight from Begumpet to Gulbarga.
Primary inquiries revealed that it took off around 11.15 am and became contact with the Air Traffic Control (ATC) at the Begumpet airport until around 11.55 am when it lost touch. The plane went rogue while flying over the fields at Sultanpur village. It flew from Bantwaram in the path of Sultanpur and took a sharp turn in the back of it, and crashed within the areas. Alerted by using the villagers, police and sales authorities rushed to the crash site, where they observed scattered portions of two bodies alongside the aircraft’s wreckage.
Inquiries found that Prakash graduated as a pilot and had a valid license, while Amanti joined the academy more than one year ago. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the Telangana State Aviation Corporation Limited will conduct a detailed probe into the incident. An autopsy examination of the two bodies was performed on the crash site, and the academy exceeded our bodies.
The police cordoned off the location and the fields where the debris was scattered. After an initial inquiry, the aircraft’s wreckage will be shifted to the academy in addition to research. Telangana State Aviation Corporation Limited dealing with director VN Bharat Reddy stated the DGCA is yet to probe into the incident.
DGCA resources stated that best after a preliminary inquiry, wouldn’t it be acknowledged if the crash becomes because of technical errors or bad climate? However, till the investigation is concluded, a file is submitted to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, and further orders are obtained, there’s a possibility of postponing the academy’s operations. Officials of the academy no longer reply to calls from this newspaper.