Plane crashes into temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa during training, pilot dies

Plane crashes into temple in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa during training, pilot dies

New Delhi:  A plane crashed into a temple in Madhya Pradesh Rewa during training in the early hour of Friday (January 6) morning. One pilot died while another was injured in the accident. The aircraft belonged to a private company that was taxiing from Chorhata Airstrip when it crashed after colliding with the dome of a temple in Dumri Village of Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh.

Talking to ANI Rewa SP Navneet Bhasin said, the mishap took place early this morning and the flight was a training flight.  “The plane collided with a temple during training, one pilot has died, and the other is injured and is being treated at Sanjay Gandhi Medical College,” Navneet Bhasin, SP, Rewa told ANI.

A team of police personnel reached the spot. Prima facie, bad weather and fog condition prevailing in the area are being attributed as the reason for the crash. 

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