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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Absconding doctor held in hit-and-run case that killed woman in Kochi
Kochi (PTI): Police on Friday took a doctor into custody after he had been on the run following a hit-and-run accident near here that claimed the life of a 19-year-old woman, officials said.
Police said Dr Cyriac George was taken into custody from a resort in Kannankulam, near Wagamon, in Idukki district, after local police received a tip-off about his presence there.
Police personnel in plain clothes reached the resort, and on seeing them, George attempted to flee but failed in the attempt. The accused was handed over to a police team from Angamaly that reached Wagamon, officials said.
Earlier in the day, police had arrested George’s father, George Mathew of Athirampuzha in Kottayam district, for allegedly helping the accused evade arrest.
Mathew was summoned to the Angamaly police station and, after interrogation, his arrest was recorded for aiding the accused to remain at large, police said. Police said Mathew had met George after the accident and assisted him in going into hiding.
Officials also said the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run incident was registered in Mathew’s name.
The victim, Jasliya Johnson (19) of Edavanakkad, sustained serious injuries while she was walking back to her hostel in Angamaly at around 7.30 pm on February 28.
She was declared brain dead at a private hospital here on March 3, after which her parents consented to donate her liver, kidneys and corneas. Dr George was working as a house surgeon at a private hospital in Ernakulam.
The investigation team had issued a lookout circular and conducted raids in Ernakulam, Kottayam and Idukki districts before tracing him, officials said. George had also approached the Kottayam District and Sessions Court seeking anticipatory bail.
