New Delhi. A trainee plane crashed today at Solapur airport in Maharashtra, however, it is a matter of relief that the pilot's life was saved, he is safe. According to the information, the plane slipped off the runway during take-off. The front part of the plane tilted downwards and it hit the ground. It is being told that a woman trainee pilot was on board the plane. The reason why this accident happened is not known at present. The plane also did not suffer much damage. Immediately after the incident, fire brigade personnel and policemen arrived with ambulance.
#Solapur: Preliminary information about the crash of a trainee aircraft at Solapur airport has come to light around 2.30 pm on Thursday. As soon as information about the incident was received, the district administration, police and ambulance reached the spot. #SolapurAirport #AircraftIncident #TraineeAircraft #MaharashtraNews
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At present no official statement has been issued regarding this incident. It is also not clear whether there were more than one person in the plane. The incident occurred around 2.30 pm when the aircraft operated by a flying club veered off the runway before take off during take off. Let us tell you that earlier on August 27, 2026, a four-seater twin engine trainee aircraft of Garg Aviation had crashed on the banks of river Ganga in Kanpur, UP. Aircraft pilot Sachin Bhatia and trainee pilot Abhishek Pujari both lost their lives in this accident.
After this incident, the tire of a trainee aircraft of Vayana Aviation Academy burst at Kishangarh Airport in Rajasthan in September 2026, due to which it had to make an emergency landing. However, both the pilots aboard survived safely. In August 2026, a private training institute plane skidded off the runway while landing at Baramati airport in Maharashtra. Similarly, in May 2026, a training aircraft suffered a crash landing in the fields of Gojubaavi village near Baramati. In both these incidents the pilots survived safely.