<p>A trainee pilot was killed when a trainer aircraft belonging to a private aviation academy crashed in a residential area in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/iaf-fighter-plane-crashes-in-rajasthans-barmer-pilot-safe-say-police-23385625" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Gujarat's Amreli district</a> on Tuesday afternoon and caught fire, a police official said.</p>
<p>The plane fell on a tree before crashing into an open plot.</p>
<p>The aircraft crash-landed into a residential area in the Giriya Road area of Amreli town at around 12:30 pm due to unknown reasons, killing the trainee pilot on the spot, said Amreli Superintendent of Police, Sanjay Kharat.</p>
<p>The pilot was flying solo. The aircraft had taken off from the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/photo/Air-India-Express-plane-crash-in-Kerala-left-18-dead-How-the-tragedy-unfolded-87204/1" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Amreli airport,</a> he added.</p>
<p>After it crashed near Shastri Nagar area, the plane caught fire and engulfed in flames, said Kharat.</p>
<p>"After taking off from the Amreli airport with a male trainee pilot, the trainer aircraft of an aviation academy, which operates from the airport, crashed into a residential area. The trainee pilot, who was flying solo, died in the crash while the aircraft was gutted in flames. No one else was injured in the accident," said Kharat.</p>
<p>He said a Delhi-based aviation academy provides pilot training from the Amreli airport.</p>
<p>The SP said local police have started the process to lodge a case of accidental death and investigation to find out the exact cause of the crash.</p>
<p>Four teams of local fire brigade rushed to<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/madhya-pradesh-aircraft-crash-mirage-planes-black-box-part-of-sukhoi-flight-data-recorder-found-23267825" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"> Shastrinagar </a>upon learning about the plane crash and resultant fire in the aircraft, said fire officer SC Gadhvi.</p>
<p>"Though the plane crashed into a residential area, no one else was injured because it first fell on a tree and then crashed into an open plot. The fire was eventually brought under control by our teams" he said.&nbsp;</p>
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A trainee pilot was killed when a trainer aircraft belonging to a private aviation academy crashed in a residential area in Gujarat`s Amreli district on Tuesday

Trainer aircraft crashes in Gujarat's Amreli district, pilot killed

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The aircraft crash-landed into a residential area in the Giriya Road area of Amreli town at around 12:30 pm due to unknown reasons, killing the trainee pilot on the spot, said Amreli Superintendent of Police, Sanjay Kharat

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