Trainer Aircraft Skids Off Runway at Amreli Airport, Pilot Safe

Amreli: A single-seater trainer aircraft of a private aviation academy skidded off the runway during landing at Amreli airport on Sunday afternoon. The aircraft skidded off the runway shortly after landing and moved onto the kutcha area for reasons yet to be ascertained. The trainee pilot escaped unhurt, though the aircraft sustained damage, officials said. Photographs showed the plane tilted on the ground near the runway. Civil aviation authorities will probe the cause. Notably, in April, a trainee pilot had died in a crash near the same airport. DeshGujarat