NEW DELHI, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- A trainee woman pilot of a private aviation training institute was killed Saturday when the aircraft she was flying crashed in the southern Indian state of Telangana, police said.
The aircraft crashed near Thungathurthy village of Peddavoora Mandal in Nalgonda district, about 128 km southeast of Hyderabad, the capital city of Telangana.
According to police, the aircraft crashed down in the agricultural field, following which a thick smoke emanated.
"Today an aircraft belonging to a private aviation training institute crashed here and a trainee woman pilot flying it was killed in the crash," a police official said.
"The trainee pilot's body has been recovered and she was identified as Mahima, a native of Tamil Nadu state."
The official said they were informed about the crash by local villagers.
Reports said the chopper belongs to Hyderabad-based Flytech Aviation Academy.
According to officials, the victim took off the carrier from the academy's institute in Guntur district in the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh for a training sortie.
Police have registered a case and ordered an investigation.
A local media report said police suspect the chopper might have come in contact with high tension electrical wires over the agricultural lands. ■