A Cessna 152, was on a training flight ended tragically

Instructor and a student pilot tragically lost their lives in the accident

A Cessna 152, operated by Alchemist Aviation Pvt Ltd with registration VT-TAJ, crashed under unknown circumstances near the Chandil Dam, approximately 25 km northwest of Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, around 11:10 AM local time.

The aircraft was on a training flight and had taken off from Jamshedpur-Sonari Airport. Unfortunately, both occupants—an instructor and a student pilot—tragically lost their lives in the accident, and the aircraft was completely destroyed.

The accident remains under investigation, with current information sourced from news and social media.

Social Media

Jamshedpur based flying training school Alchemist Aviation’s aircraft missing since morning with a trainee and instructor onboard.

VT-TAJ
Cessna 152
Departed Jamshedpur at 10:00 IST
Vanished off Ranchi Radar
Suspected to have crashed

— Jagriti Chandra (@jagritichandra) August 20, 2024

Resources

• ASN
• New Indian Express

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