The aircraft belonged to Carver Aviation, a private aviation school in Baramati.
A single-seater trainer aircraft crashed in Maharashtra's Pune district on Monday and the woman trainee pilot, Bhavika Rathod, suffered injuries, the police said.
The incident took place in the Kadbanwadi area of Indapur tehsil after the small aircraft developed a technical fault.
The aircraft crashed in an open field at around 11:30 am, and the pilot received minor injuries and was later admitted to a hospital. A police official said the aircraft was damaged after the crash.
Union civil aviation minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia said, the incident is unfortunate and he is "praying for the recovery of injured pilot, Ms Bhavika Rathod."
The trainee aircraft crash in Indapur, Pune District is unfortunate. No fatalities have been reported. Praying for the recovery of injured pilot, Ms Bhavika Rathod.
The @DGCAIndia has commenced an investigation to ascertain the cause of the incident.
— Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) July 25, 2022
He said the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has started an investigation to ascertain the cause of the incident.
The aircraft belonged to Carver Aviation, a private aviation school in Maharashtra's Baramati and it had taken off from the Baramati airport in Pune.
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