Balaghat Superintendent of Police Sameer Saurabh said two badly burnt bodies were retrieved from the spot which falls under the Lanji police station, know the biography of Captain Mohit Thakur and trainer V Maheshwari
The flight instructor and the female trainee pilot were killed when a training plane crashed and caught fire on Saturday in the hilly area of Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district, according to officials. According to a representative from Gondia in neighbouring Maharashtra, the aircraft belonged to the IGRAU (Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy) and was on a training sortie when it crashed.
Who are captain Mohit Thakur and trainee V Maheshwari who died in Balaghat Madhya Pradesh plane crash, biography and video
Yesterday a light aircraft (DA40) on training sortie crashed in Balaghat Jungle(MP), both Trainer(Male) & Trainee(girl) could not survive the crash & their charred bodies found. a/c belonged to flying club IGRUA, as guessed bad weather may caused the crash#aviation #planecrash pic.twitter.com/VrcupZG3Ds
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Diamond DA-42 regd as VT-FGL belonging to IGRUA crashed in the hilly region of Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district.
Reason for crash is bad weather.
Unfortunately, both flight instructor and trainee died.
Rest in peace🙏 🙏@DGCAIndia pic.twitter.com/p1aisA21bM
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The two severely burned remains were found at the location, which is under the jurisdiction of the Lanji police station, according to Balaghat Superintendent of Police Sameer Saurabh. He said that a man’s burned body, thought to be that of the pilot Mohit Thakur, had been discovered close to the accident site, around 40 kilometres away from the Balaghat district office.
The charred body was of pilot Mohit Thakur around 25 years. The woman trainee co-pilot, Vrikshanka Maheshwari was around 20 years and hailed from Gujarat. Nothing else is known about the two.
“At 3:45 pm, information was obtained” (about the crash). Security troops were called since the region is part of a belt that is riddled with Naxalites. As the area was sealed off, additional personnel arrived at the scene. The flight instructor and the female pilot’s badly burned remains have been recovered. The area is governed by the Lanji police station,” Saurabh continued.
Statement from DIG
Anurag Sharma, a deputy inspector general of police, told PTI that the trainer plane took off at 3:06 p.m. from the Birsi airstrip in the Gondia district that borders Balaghat. At 3:11 PM, it lost contact with the Air Traffic Control (ATC). He stated that the lady trainee pilot, Vrikshanka Maheshwari (about 20 years old), is missing. “It is commonly assumed that the burnt body was that of pilot Mohit Thakur’s,” he claimed.
What was the reason behind the crash?
The training aircraft is IGRAU property (Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi). IGRAU Administrative Officer Satya Kumar informed PTI in Gondia that it crashed into the hills near Bhukkutola hamlet in the Balaghat district at around 3:30 pm, killing a flight training captain and a female trainee.
At around three o’clock in the afternoon, the training plane piloted by flight instructor captain Mohit departed from the Birsi airstrip for a normal sortie. According to reports, it crashed in the hills close to Bhukkutola hamlet as a result of terrible weather.
“Captain Mohit and the student pilot’s bodies were severely burned in the aircraft fire. A fire-fighting squad, a rescue team from Birsi, and other concerned officials all hurried to the scene as soon as they received the information,” he continued. According to Kumar, the villagers were the first to arrive at the scene and they were able to locate the aeroplane wreckage on the hills.