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India records 3 incidents with training aircraft in less than ten days
Cessna 172 Skyhawk
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Rafael Ramos
6/20/2022
In the month of June there were 3 incidents involving training aircraft at flight schools in India. All incidents occurred during ground training. Only one had minor injuries.
All these incidents occurred in a period of less than 10 days, with one on June 6, one on June 7 and the last recorded on June 13.
The first, on June 6, took place with a Cessna 152 at the Government Aviation Training Institute (GATI). The plane left the runway during takeoff. The plane suffered significant damage to the nose landing gear and parts of the engine. The pilot, fortunately, had only minor injuries. The incident took place near the Birasal airstrip in Odisha.
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On June 7, a Tecnam P2008 belonging to the Red Bird Flight Training Academy performed a forced landing, with little damage to the aircraft. The pilot was unharmed. The incident took place at the FTO facility on the Baramati airstrip in Pune, Maharashtra. Red Bird Aviation is one of India's leading flight schools with a fleet of over 15 aircraft plus simulators.
Damaged Cessna 152
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Lastly, on June 13, the incident took place in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and involved a Diamond DA-40 trainer aircraft. The plane, which belonged to Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi, a training organization, suffered considerable damage to the nose gear, engine and wings. The pilot, who was unharmed, made a forced landing because of a suspected loss of power.
India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGC) is investigating the three incidents. However, the agency has already released some information indicating serious security breaches at several training schools.
Damaged Tecnam P2008
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Damaged Diamond DA-40
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Rafael Ramos
Aviation enthusiast from an early age, he had his first contacts with the area developing that good old habit of spending dozens of hours in front of the screens of Micrsoft Flight Simulator and other simulators. With a solid background in various technological areas, including engineering and chemistry, Rafael has rejoined aviation as editor and author of articles and materials on our portal, providing invaluable help to the dynamics and expansion of the website and the aeronautical community, bringing us the news and updates so indispensable for us to remain current in our area of operation.
   
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