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A routine training sortie turned into an emergency on Thursday when an Indian Air Force basic trainer aircraft crashed near Tambaram in Chennai. The sole pilot on board ejected moments before the aircraft went down and is reported to be safe, according to officials. The aircraft involved was a PC-7 Pilatus, which forms the backbone of beginner flight training for Air Force cadets. Local authorities and IAF emergency teams reached the spot quickly after the crash was reported, carrying out stan ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The first Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 (HTT-40) Series Production aircraft, TH 4001, which will train the next generation Air Warriors, took to the skies at the HAL facility in Bengaluru on Friday, the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) said. Taking it to X, the HAL said, "HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft is a fully aerobatic, tandem-seat, turboprop aircraft built to provide basic flight training, aerobatics, instrument flying, and night flying." The Hindustan Tu ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's civil aviation sector, which is among the fastest growing in the world, was in for a jolt when the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) released the country's rankings of Flying Training Organizations (FTOs) for the first time. The rankings were released on Tuesday under a new framework created by the DGCA Director Faiz Ahmed Kidwai for allowing transparency and accountability to the pilot training ecosystem. The rankings have inferred that there were no flying school ...Read More >
Ernakulam: A Kerala native is among two individuals who tragically died when two small aircraft collided mid-air during a flight training session in Canada on Tuesday at 8:45 am. Sreehari Sukesh (23), a native of Thrippunithura in the Kochi district, was undergoing the training for a commercial pilot course when the fatality happened near the Steinbach South Airport in Canada's Manitoba. Adam Penner, President of the Harv's Air Pilot Training School, confirmed that the collision happened during ...Read More >
Kochi: Two students of a flight training school were killed after their planes collided mid-air near Steinbach South Airport, about 60 kilometres south of Winnipeg. The deceased are Sreehari Sukesh (23), a resident of Statue New Road, Tripunithura, and his classmate Savanna May Royce (20), a Canadian citizen. Sreehari was the son of Central Bank official Sukesh and UST Global employee Deepa. According to reports, the collision occurred around 8.45 am on Tuesday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Polic ...Read More >
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