Trainee aircraft overturns while landing in MP's Seoni district; woman pilot safe
Seoni (MP), May 30 (PTI): A trainer aircraft overturned while landing at Suktara airstrip in the district on Friday morning but its trainee woman pilot was safe, the police said.
The aircraft flipped over due to a faulty landing, said a police official.
The airstrip is 22 km from the Seoni district headquarters.
The trainee woman pilot who was flying the aircraft alone did not suffer any injuries, said the official.
While the airstrip is maintained by the Madhya Pradesh Public Works Department, it is used by Delhi-based Red Bird Aviation Company to run a pilot training school.
District collector Sanskriti Jain said the concerned department has been asked to conduct an inquiry, after which the exact cause of the accident will become clear.
Employees of the Red Bird Aviation Company emptied the fuel tank of the aircraft immediately after the incident. A major tragedy was averted as the aircraft did not catch fire during the crash-landing, said the police official.
Barghat Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Lalit Ghatre said the employees of Red Bird Aviation Company did not inform the police about the incident which took place under Kurai police station limits.
They informed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation's Bhopal office which in turn alerted the police. The police then contacted the company's airstrip manager Santosh Sanodia and obtained details, Ghatre said.
When contacted for his comments, Sanodia refused to speak.
Meanwhile, a DGCA team will soon reach Suktara airstrip and prepare a report after an inspection, the police official said.
According to preliminary information, the trainee pilot tried to land the aircraft with the front landing gear instead of the rear one, due to which the aircraft went out of control and overturned, officials said.
Flights of trainee aircraft from Suktara airstrip have been stopped for the time being, they added.
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Indian products must be synonymous with top quality: PM Modi
New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged industry and start ups to focus on quality and resolve to make excellence a benchmark in manufacturing.
In his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ address, Modi said Indian products should be synonymous with top quality and urged the industry to manufacture zero defect products. "Let us resolve to improve the quality of whatever we manufacture. Be it our textiles, technology, electronics or even packaging; an Indian product should become synonymous with ‘top quality’,” the prime minister said in his 130th Mann ki Baat address.
He also lauded the efforts of the youngsters, who participated enthusiastically in India’s start up journey that began 10 years ago in 2016.
“Today India has turned into the third largest start ups ecosystem in the world. These start ups are out of the box; they are working in sectors that were unimaginable even 10 years ago,” Modi said.
The prime minister said Indian start ups are working in sectors as diverse as AI, space, nuclear energy, semiconductors, mobility, green hydrogen, biotechnology.
“You name it and you'll find one Indian start up or the other working in that sector. I salute all my young friends who are associated with one start up or the other or want to start one of their own,” he said.
The prime minister also greeted the nation on National Voters Day and Republic Day.
