Police to base probe into Pune trainer aircraft crash-landing on DGCA findings

The Pune rural police said it has launched a preliminary inquiry into the crash-landing of a trainer aircraft in Indapur taluka Monday in which a woman trainee pilot, Bhavika Rathod, 22, sustained minor injuries. The police has started recording statements and will base its probe on the findings of the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

Inspector Birappa Lature, in-charge of Walchandnagar police station, which has jurisdiction over Kadbanwadi village where the incident took place, said Tuesday: “We have registered an accident case and launched a preliminary inquiry. The DGCA team is here and looking into the crash. Meanwhile, we have recorded the statement of the pilot and will soon speak to the staffers and officials at Carver Aviation (the pilot training institute).