Two pilots killed in Kanpur after four-seater training aircraft crashes in open field
An instructor pilot and a trainee pilot were killed after a twin-engine, four-seater training aircraft crashed in an open field in Kanpur on Thursday, police said.
Two pilots were killed in a plane crash in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday. The aircraft, a twin-engine four-seater training plane, crashed in an open field near Natha Purva village on the banks of the Ganges.
The pilots who died were identified as Abhishek Pujari, a resident of Karnataka, and Sachin Bhatia, a resident of Gujarat, who was the instructor, according to Free Press Journal.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed condolences to the families of the pilots killed in the accident, as reported by NDTV and NDTV - India News.
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