Pune: A training aircraft belonging to a private aviation academy crashed near a village in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Thursday evening, injuring the pilot who was the only one on board the plane, police said.
Police had earlier in the day said besides the pilot, one more person was on board the plane, and after the crash, they were rushed to a nearby hospital. However, they later maintained that information gathered by them indicated besides the pilot, no one else was inside the aircraft.
The aircraft, belonging to the Redbird Flight Training Academy, crashed near Katfal village under Baramati taluka of the western Maharashtra district, said the police.
