New Delhi/Kanpur, Aug. 28 -- A training aircraft crashed in Kanpur on Thursday killing both the instructor Sachin Bhatia and the trainee pilot Abhishek Pujari, officials said. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has launched an investigation into the accident.

A team of three officials from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) departed for the site for necessary regulatory oversight and coordination, the civil aviation regulator said in a statement, adding, "The AAIB has been informed and will undertake a detailed investigation into the accident in accordance with the applicable rules."

As per preliminary information shared by the regulator, a Tecnam P2006T twin-engine aircraft, bearing registration VT-NBV and ...