Woman trainee pilot dies in aircraft crash in Nalgonda

Nalgonda: A woman trainee pilot of a private aviation training institute died when an aircraft crashed near Thungathurthy village of Peddavoora mandal in Nalgonda district on Saturday morning. The victim was identified as Maheema Gajaraj (29), a native of Ayanavaram in Chennai, who was training with Hyderabad-based Flytech Aviation Academy. The mishap took place at […]

Nalgonda: A woman trainee pilot of a private aviation training institute died when an aircraft crashed near Thungathurthy village of Peddavoora mandal in Nalgonda district on Saturday morning. The victim was identified as Maheema Gajaraj (29), a native of Ayanavaram in Chennai, who was training with Hyderabad-based Flytech Aviation Academy.

The mishap took place at 10.50 am when the two-seater aircraft Cessna -152, which belongs to Flytech Aviation Academy, crashed in an open land near Thungathurthy village. The trainee pilot died on the spot in the incident. The cause of the crash is yet to be ascertained.

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Maheema had joined the academy for a pilot training course on October 19, 2021. She took off the flight at around 10.30 am from the Aviation Academy’s operations site near Macherla in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, on Nalgonda border.

According to the eye witnesses, the aircraft lost control and spun in the air before the crash. Smoke bellowed from the crashed aircraft, but no fire was noticed. On witnessing the same, several villagers rushed to the spot and found a disintegrated body lying under the crashed aircraft. Alerted by the locals, the police and revenue department officials rushed to the spot. Some eyewitnessesspotted the aircraft flying near a 133 KV electric line before the crash.

An eye witness Vanguri Gangaiah, native of Ramannagudem thanda, said that the aircraft was seen coming from Nagarjuna Sagar side. A loud sound was heard after the aircraft crashed on the land, he added. The aircraft had not come into contact with the electric pole before the crash, he added.

Superintendent of Police Rema Rajeshwari visited the place and the officials about the incident.

Speaking to the media, she informed that the aircraft was taken off from the operations institute of the academy, which was located near Macherla of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh state at 10.30 am. Though Cessna -152 aircraft was a two-seater general aviation aircraft, only the victim was flying in it at the time of the incident. In addition to the Director General of Civil Aviation of India (DGCI), the police would also investigate the incident to ascertain the cause of the incident.

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