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Training aircraft crashes in Rajshahi, none injured
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A training aircraft of the Rajshahi-based Galaxy Flying Academy Limited crashed while hard landing at Shah Makhdum Airport this afternoon.
The academy s chief pilot Captain Moshiur Rahman and a trainee Raihan Gafur, who were on board, managed to come out unhurt, the airport manager Dilara Khatun said. They are safe and unhurt, she said.
The crash occurred at 3:06pm when the flight, a Cessna 152 aircraft of S2-AFK model hard landed on the northern part of the runway, she said.
The nose wheels broke, creating an alarming sound, and then the aircraft s right side landing gear broke, our Rajshahi Staff Correspondent reports, quoting the airport manager.