Rescue and police personnel stand close to the mangled wreckage of a twin-engine, four-seater coaching plane that crashed in an agricultural area close to Natthupurwa village alongside the Ganga Barrage space, in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on August 27, 2026.
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Two individuals have been killed after a Tecnam P2006T twin-engine plane operated by Garg Aviation Ltd., Kanpur, crashed close to the Ganga Barrage on Thursday (August 27, 2026), in keeping with preliminary info.
The plane, bearing registration VT-NBV, was on a coaching flight inside the native flying space of Kanpur Civil Airport when it met with an accident roughly 5 nautical miles from the airport, close to the Ganga Barrage.
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Each the individuals on board — a trainee pilot and an teacher – sustained deadly accidents within the crash.
The plane took off at round 11.30 a.m. and crashed about 20 minutes later, PTI reported. The coach had round 3,000 hours of flying expertise.Â
A 3-member staff of officers from the Directorate Basic of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is continuing to the accident website for regulatory oversight and coordination.
The Plane Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has additionally been knowledgeable and can conduct an in depth investigation into the accident in accordance with relevant guidelines.
The precise circumstances resulting in the crash, together with its trigger, will probably be established by the investigation. DGCA mentioned the preliminary info accessible at this stage is topic to additional investigation.
Printed – August 27, 2026 02:33 pm IST
