A trainee aircraft crash has been reported in Baramati area of Maharashtra. However, the pilot is said to be safe.
Official sources said that, an aircraft VT-SEX was involved in a runway excursion incident at Baramati Airfield during a training exercise. There were two pilots involved in the trainee aircraft crash in Maharashtra, that is Captain Chirag Shashikant Doifode and Cadet Abhijeet Jundre.
Further it has been reported that none of them has sustained injuries in the accident. Reports add, the aircraft initially entered the runway through Link Bravo, lined up at the threshold of Runway 29, and carried out a rejected take-off.
Thereafter, the aircraft was lined up at the threshold of Runway 11, where another rejected take-off was carried out. During the course of this exercise, the aircraft could not be brought to a complete stop on the runway and continued beyond the threshold of Runway 29.
Subsequently, it veered off the extended paved surface to the right side beyond the Runway 29 threshold. However no injures have been reported in the incident, it was a close shave for the pilots.
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