Trainer aircraft makes emergency landing in Pune’s Baramati due to technical snag, no casualties

He said that the airstrip falls under the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) and is used by the Redbird Flight Training Academy for training purposes.

No complaint or offence regarding the emergency landing of the aircraft was registered with the Pune Rural police.

Meanwhile, on August 6, Vaibhav Solankar, an office-bearer of the BJP’s youth wing, had submitted a complaint to the Chief Minister’s Office in Mumbai demanding action against Redbird Flight Training Academy as its aircraft had met with accidents multiple times, and were causing a threat to residents.

Solankar said the aircraft have at times crashed in farms and alleged that the Academy is not following the norms laid down by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

Solankar said that he had also submitted a complaint to Murlidhar Mohol, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, on August 2, demanding that the Central Government formulate strict safety norms for the Redbird Flight Training Academy to prevent mishaps.

“If the aircraft crashes in a residential or industrial area in Baramati, it can cause a risk to the lives of the people,” said Solankar.

Redbird Flight Training Academy was not available for any comment.

In October 2023, there were two incidents of emergency landing of aircraft of the Redbird Flight Training Academy in Baramati, in which a trainee pilot and an instructor were left injured.

Earlier, four accidents involving trainer aircrafts were reported from Baramati between June 2013 and July 2022.

In December 2024, two trainees of Redbird Flight Training Academy had died, while two of their colleagues were left injured, in a car accident, in the mid night hours, at Lamajewadi on the Baramati-Bhigwan road.