<p>Vijayapura: Two people, including the pilot, had a close shave on Sunday afternoon after a small training aircraft came down in an open field in Vijayapura district, police sources said.</p><p>The two-seater Cessna aircraft operated by Redbird Aviation, based in Kalaburagi, crashed near Mangaluru village in Babaleshwar taluk. Both occupants managed to eject moments before impact, after which the aircraft reportedly broke into three parts.</p>.Speeding car flies off road and hits tree, rolls over, crashes into ditch in Uttar Pradesh's Etah; 3 killed on spot.<p>Those injured were identified as Captain Kunal Malhotra, an Assistant Flight Instructor with Redbird Aviation, and trainee pilot Goutham Sankar P R. They were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.</p><p>The aircraft was on a training flight from Kalaburagi to Belagavi when the incident occurred. Further details are awaited.</p><p>Confirming the incident, a civil aviation ministry spokesperson said Redbird Flying Training Academy’s Cessna 172 aircraft, registered as VT-EUC, was forced to make an emergency landing in a field near Bagalkot, about 100 km east of Belagavi airport. Both the instructor and the cadet are safe, the spokesperson added.</p><p><em>(with PTI inputs)</em></p>
<p>Vijayapura: Two people, including the pilot, had a close shave on Sunday afternoon after a small training aircraft came down in an open field in Vijayapura district, police sources said.</p><p>The two-seater Cessna aircraft operated by Redbird Aviation, based in Kalaburagi, crashed near Mangaluru village in Babaleshwar taluk. Both occupants managed to eject moments before impact, after which the aircraft reportedly broke into three parts.</p>.Speeding car flies off road and hits tree, rolls over, crashes into ditch in Uttar Pradesh's Etah; 3 killed on spot.<p>Those injured were identified as Captain Kunal Malhotra, an Assistant Flight Instructor with Redbird Aviation, and trainee pilot Goutham Sankar P R. They were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.</p><p>The aircraft was on a training flight from Kalaburagi to Belagavi when the incident occurred. Further details are awaited.</p><p>Confirming the incident, a civil aviation ministry spokesperson said Redbird Flying Training Academy’s Cessna 172 aircraft, registered as VT-EUC, was forced to make an emergency landing in a field near Bagalkot, about 100 km east of Belagavi airport. Both the instructor and the cadet are safe, the spokesperson added.</p><p><em>(with PTI inputs)</em></p>
