A four-seater dual-engine training aircraft crashed near the Ganga Barrage in Kanpur on Thursday, killing instructor Sachin Bhatia from Gujarat and trainee Abhishek Pujari from Karnataka. The aircraft had taken off from the Garg Aviation Training Centre shortly before the crash

The incident took place at around 7.44 am as flight AI 1741 was preparing to land. All passengers were reported to be safe. The pilot reported a suspected bird strike after the aircraft landed, officials said