Aligarh, Jul 29: A trainer pilot was killed and a trainee pilot was critically injured when a two-seater aircraft crashed while landing during a trainee sortee at the Dhanapur airstrip here today.


Police sources said here that the aircraft of a private aviation school crash landed killing pilot Rakesh Grover(50), hailing from Nagpur, on the spot. The injured trainee pilot I T T Reddy, from Andhra Pradesh, was rushed to hospital.

According to sources, the plane was air-borne for few minutes after take off but had to land due to some technical snag. The nearby villagers took out the injured from the plane and informed the authorities.


The exact reason behind the crash landing could not be ascertained immediately. Further details were awaited, sources said.