Cessna 152 aircraft crash-lands in Kasganj field, trainee pilot injured; eyewitnesses recall moments

A 27-year-old trainee pilot was injured after a small, two-seater aircraft belonging to a private aviation company crash-landed in a field in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj district on Monday (June 29) afternoon. The pilot, identified as Kainat Kadar Khan, sustained injuries and was rushed to Kasganj District Hospital, where her condition is reported to be stable. Khan was flying a Cessna 152 aircraft (registration VT-AFB) operated by Chetak Aviation. The flight had taken off from Aligarh but developed a technical snag mid-air, forcing the pilot to attempt an emergency landing.