India, Aug. 10 -- A training aircraft of the Academy of Carver Aviation veered off the runway at Baramati Airport on Sunday during a flying exercise. The trainee pilot and instructor escaped unhurt, and the aircraft sustained minor damage, officials said. This is the second aircraft mishap at Baramati since Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's plane crash in January this year.

According to police, the incident occurred around 12.23 pm when the Cessna 172 aircraft, bearing registration number VT-SEX and being used for flight training, veered off at Baramati airport. The aircraft was carrying pilot Captain Chirag Shashikant Doiphode, 25, and trainee Abhijit Balasaheb Zudre.

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