Saturday’s crashing of a training aircraft near Tungaturthy in Nalgonda district was a grim reminder of similar incidents in the past in and around Hyderabad.
Incidentally, the ill-fated aircraft was the same model -- Cessna 152 -- which was involved in the crash on the road at Subhashnagar near Sanathnagar here on September 9, 2008. A trainer Neeraj Jain and a trainee Srinivas had died in the incident.
Officials of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation here ruled out negligence in supervision of airworthiness of aircraft or flying training of the academies as the cause of the mishap. In fact, corrective action was communicated to all flying clubs after every small accident and they were bound to ensure that the lapses were not repeated. The corrective action was shared after investigation reports were received. There was also strict monitoring not only by the DGCA but the Ministry of Civil Aviation in the matter of training of commercial pilots.
