Bhagalpur (Bihar), June 11: Two trainee pilots, including a woman, and a child accompanying them had a providential escape when a trainer plane crash-landed at Bhagalpur airport late this evening, official sources said. The trainer plane, which took off from Patna airport in the evening, lost its way due to darkness and crash-landed at Bhagalpur airport, Superintendent of Police R K Mishra said. All the persons on board the plane were safe, he said adding the wheel of the plane got damaged in the accident. The trainee pilots have been identified as Yadav Nandu Ganesh and Ranju Devi. The identity of the child was not known but most probably he is son of the lady trainee pilot, he said.
All the three have been admitted to a hospital here for treatment for possible shock, the SP said adding the aircraft had developed some mechanical problem and it was not in a position to fly. Bureau Report