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Cessna training aircraft skids off Baramati runway, all safe
A Cessna C172 training aircraft operated by Academy of Carver Aviation suffered a runway excursion at Baramati airfield in Maharashtra around 12.25 pm on Sunday. The civil aviation ministry said the plane…
The Story in Brief
A Cessna C172 training aircraft operated by Academy of Carver Aviation suffered a runway excursion at Baramati airfield in Maharashtra around 12.25 pm on Sunday. The civil aviation ministry said the plane was practising a rejected take-off exercise when it veered off the paved surface beyond Runway 29. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
The aircraft, registered VT-SEX, was under flight instructor Captain Chirag Shashikant Doifode and trainee Abhijeet Jundre. It sustained damage to the propeller, engine cowling and nose landing gear. The DGCA has sent an air safety team for a preliminary investigation, the ministry said.
The Indian Opinion
This incident is being used to question safety at Baramati’s aviation training hubs, but a single rejected take-off exercise that ended without injury is hardly a pattern. The DGCA probe will establish facts. Until its report lands, the real question is whether India’s FTOs have adequate runway overrun areas, a test a ₹10-crore upgrade would settle.
Sources (2): hindustantimes.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
