NEW DELHI: A training aircraft belonging to Kanpur’s Garg Aviation crashed on Thursday, killing two — the trainer and trainee pilots — on board. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation said in a statement the Tecnam P2006T twin-engine aircraft (VT-NBV) crashed about five nautical miles from Kanpur Civil Airport, near Ganga Barrage.“The aircraft was on a training flight in the local flying area of Kanpur Civil Airport. There were two persons on board, a trainee pilot and an instructor. Both sustained fatal injuries in the accident. A team of three officials from the DGCA is proceeding to the site for necessary regulatory oversight and coordination,” said the DGCA statement.
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The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has been informed and “will undertake a detailed investigation into the accident in accordance with the applicable rules. The circumstances and cause of the accident will be determined through the investigation,” it added.Senior pilots call for a thorough investigation into the flying school operations. On June 26, 2026, a trainee pilot had got grievously injured while deboarding VT-NBV with the propeller running at Kanpur’s Chakeri Airport. Following this lapse, the DGCA had on June 28 said in a statement that it had “directed VT-NBV aircraft should not be utilised pending the probe.” Subsequently the aircraft started flying again till it crashed on Thursday.