Fatal Flaws: A Glance at India's Training Aircraft Safety Record Last year, India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced a sweeping overhaul of the country's training aircraft fleet following a series of high profile accidents involving such planes.
These crashes have claimed dozens of lives in recent years, and the latest incident in Kanpur, where two pilots were killed after their Tecnam P2006T aircraft crashed near the Ganges River, raises fresh questions about India's approach to aviation safety.
Aviation experts point out that training aircraft are often older models retrofitted with modern avionics and engines.