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Trainer aircraft skids off runway at Baramati airstrip in Pune
A Carver Aviation trainer aircraft veered off the runway at Baramati airstrip in Pune on Sunday during a training exercise, the company's second incident there in recent months. A pilot and a…
The Story in Brief
A Carver Aviation trainer aircraft veered off the runway at Baramati airstrip in Pune on Sunday during a training exercise, the company's second incident there in recent months. A pilot and a cadet were onboard practising rejected take-off and landing emergencies. No injuries were reported.
News agency IANS reported the incident. The airstrip was previously the site of a fatal crash in July 2024 involving deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's aircraft. Sunday's skid is under investigation.
The Indian Opinion
Another runway incident at Baramati, and the usual blame game between the state and the operator will follow. This is the same airstrip where Ajit Pawar's aircraft crashed in July 2024, killing the pilot. Sunday's skid happened during a routine training exercise, and no one was hurt. But the question that matters: has the Directorate General of Civil Aviation grounded Carver Aviation's fleet pending an investigation, or is it business as usual? Watch for that order.
Source: news.abplive.com
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