No
i ju ies
as
t ai i g
ai c aft
vee s
off
u way
at
Ba amati
ai po t
NEW
DELHI:
The
mi ist y
of
civil
aviatio
(MoCA)
said
o
Su day
that
a
team
f om
aviatio
egulato ,
the
Di ecto ate
Ge e al
of
Civil
Aviatio
(DGCA),
is
bei g
se t
to
Maha asht a’s
Ba amati
ai field,
whe e
a
Cess a
t ai i g
ai c aft
was
i volved
i
a
u way
excu sio
ea lie
i
the
day.“The
ai
safety
team
f om
the
DGCA
is
goi g
to
the
site
to
co duct
a
p elimi a y
i vestigatio
a d
asce tai
the
ci cumsta ces
a d
co t ibuti g
facto s
leadi g
to
the
i cide t,”
the
mi ist y
stateme t
ead.MoCA
fu the
oted
that
the
pla e
appea ed
to
have
sustai ed
damage
to
its
p opelle ,
e gi e
cowli g
a d
ose
la di g
gea ,
while
o
fatalities
o
i ju ies
we e
epo ted.“The e
we e
o
i ju ies
o
fatalities
epo ted.
The
ai c aft
has
sustai ed
p ima
facie
damage
to
the
p opelle ,
e gi e
cowli g
a d
ose
la di g
gea .
A
detailed
assessme t
of
the
damage
will
be
ca ied
out
by
the
compete t
autho ities,”
the
stateme t
added.Acco di g
to
the
mi ist y,
the
i cide t
occu ed
a ou d
12:25
pm
whe
the
Cess a
C172,
bea i g
egist atio
VT-SEX
a d
ope ated
by
flyi g
t ai i g
school
Academy
of
Ca ve
Aviatio ,
vee ed
off
the
u way
at
Ba amati
ai field.The
ai c aft
was
bei g
ope ated
fo
a
Ci cuit
a d
La di g
Eme ge cies
(CL
Eme ge cies)
t ai i g
exe cise.
It
was
u de
the
comma d
of
flight
i st ucto
Captai
Chi ag
Shashika t
Doifode,
with
t ai ee
Abhijeet
Ju d e
o
boa d.The
pla e
had
taxied
out
at
a ou d
12:09
pm
fo
the
scheduled
t ai i g
exe cise.“Du i g
the
exe cise,
the
ai c aft
e te ed
the
u way
th ough
Li k
B avo
a d
li ed
up
at
the
th eshold
of
u way
29,
whe e
a
ejected
take-off
exe cise
p actice
was
ca ied
out.
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“Subseque tly,
the
ai c aft
li ed
up
at
the
th eshold
of
u way
11
a d
a othe
ejected
take-off
exe cise
was
ca ied
out,”
the
stateme t
oted.Du i g
the
exe cise,
the
ai c aft
was
u able
to
stop
withi
the
paved
u way
su face
a d
subseque tly
vee ed
off
the
exte ded
paved
su face
beyo d
the
th eshold
of
u way
29
towa ds
the
ight
side,
esulti g
i
a
u way
excu sio ,
acco di g
to
the
mi ist y.
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