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Early Wednesday morning, a training aircraft operated by Redbird Flight Training Academy crash-landed near Gojubavi village , adjacent to Baramati airport, at around 8.50 am. Eyewitnesses said the aircraft was flying at a comparatively low altitude when it developed a technical malfunction. One side of the aircraft struck a light pole before hitting the ground. The pilot escaped without serious injuries. It was a close call. But for those who track aviation safety at Baramati, it was also, disturbingly, familiar. Wednesday’s incident is the eighth aviation accident or crash-landing reported at or near Baramati airfield since 2013 – an average of nearly one incident every 19 months. The airfield, which sprawls across 450 acres on the outskirts of Baramati town, has accumulated one of the most troubled safety records of any small airfield in the state.…

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