Seoni (Madhya Pradesh): A major accident was narrowly averted in Madhya Pradesh Seoni when a private training aircraft overturned during landing at the Sukatra airstrip, on Friday.
The aircraft, belonging to Redbird Aviation Pvt. Ltd., was being operated by a trainee pilot during a routine training session.
Sources report that the plane lost balance during landing, causing it to flip on the runway. Fortunately, there was no fire, and the trainee pilot onboard escaped unhurt.
It is alleged that officials from Redbird Aviation Pvt. Ltd. quickly covered the overturned plane with a tarpaulin, to hide the incident.
Fortunately, there were no passengers on board - only the trainee pilot was flying the aircraft when the accident happened.
So far, the authorities have not given any official statement about why the plane lost balance or if an investigation is being done.
Similar incident in UP
In the early May, a trainee aircraft suddenly crashed while taking off from Uttar Pradesh's Dhanipur airstrip. This incident happened when the plane collided with the airport wall. The plane was being flown by a trainee pilot who narrowly escaped.
Another incident last year
Last year in the month of March, another training aircraft crashed at Madhya Pradesh's Guna Airport on Wednesday noon. A female pilot had also sustained sever injuries.
According to information, the plane took off from Sagar and had sought permission for emergency landing at Guna airport. The aircraft lost its balance while landing and sped ahead of the runway towards Gopalpura.
