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NEW DELHI: A private training aircraft operated by Redbird Flying Training Academy Limited crashed in an open field in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district on Sunday afternoon, police said. as visuals from the spot emerged showing the wreckage.Belagavi Police said that a Red Bird aircraft, which is a two-seater plane went down in Mangaluru village of Babaleshwar taluk. Both occupants, including the pilot, survived the crash and were taken to the hospital with injuries. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said that the aircraft involved was a Cessna 172 (registration VT-EUC), which was operating as part of a training flight. According to the regulator, the aircraft made a forced landing in a field near Bagalkot, around 100 km east of Belagavi airport.Sources said that the aircraft broke into multiple parts after the crash. The condition of the injured was not immediately known.Visuals from the spot showed the aircraft broken into multiple pieces. Preliminary information suggests the training aircraft was flying from Kalaburagi to Belagavi when the incident occurred.This is a developing story. Further details awaited..