Trainee plane crashes in MP, pilot killed

The accident occurred in the early hours of Friday in Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh.

Bhopal, Jan 06: A trainee plane crashed after hitting a temple's dome in Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh. The pilot is declared dead while another person is injured in the incident.

The mishap took place early on Friday morning and the flight was a training flight, Rewa SP Navneet Bhasin said. "A pilot died while another was injured after a plane crashed into a temple in Rewa district during the training," ANI quoted Rewa SP Navneet Bhasin in a tweet.

Captain Vimal Kumar (50), resident of Patna, was killed in the crash while trainee pilot Sonu Yadav (23), resident of Jaipur, suffered injuries and admitted to the government-run Sanjay Gandhi Medical College hospital, said Rewa collector Manoj Pushp.

Earlier, a local police official had given different names of the two crash victims. The aircraft belonged to "Falcon aviation academy", the collector said. Pushp and district Superintendent of Police Nanvneet Bhasin visited the spot after the incident and further probe was on.

The incident took place near the temple of Umri village under Chaurhata police station, another report claims.

A team of police personnel reached the spot. The preliminary investigation has revealed that bad weather and fog condition prevailing in the area as the reason for the crash.