INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Visuals from spot.A four-seater private aircraft crashed in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh on Monday, leaving a 21-year-old trainee pilot dead,
They said bad weather could have led to the incident.The aircraft crashed into an agricultural field in Kushaha Fariuddinpur village under
the Sarai Mir police station area around 11.30 am, District Magistrate of Azamgarh Rajesh Kumar said."The plane had taken off around 10.30
am from a training institute and was being controlled by a trainee pilot
There was only one person in the aircraft," he added.The aircraft belonged to the Centre-run flying training institute Indira Gandhi
Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA), located in Amethi, its officials confirmed.The deceased pilot has been identified as Konkark Saran
He was a resident of Palwal in Haryana, a spokesperson for IGRUA said."Saran had 125 hours of flying experience as a trainee, including over
He was a skilled trainee pilot with a very good track record
Prima facie his aircraft got caught in the dense CB (cumulonimbus) clouds, which led to the incident," the spokesperson told PTI."He was
flying a four-seater SOCATA TB 20 aircraft with fully equipped avionics and related instruments
The incident is most unfortunate and all due procedures are being carried out," the official added.Azamgarh administration and police
officials reached at the crash site to inspect the situation
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