- By Ajeet Kumar
- Thu, 10 Jul 2025 03:22 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
An Indian among two student pilots was killed when their single-engine planes crashed in midair in Canada's Manitoba province. The incident was reported on Tuesday (local time). According to a report by CBS News, Adam Penner, president of Harv's Air pilot training school, said the two were practising takeoffs and landings in small Cessna planes. He said they appeared to have tried to land at the same time and collided a few hundred yards away from the small runway.
Hours after the tragic accident, the Indian Consulate in Toronto identified one of the students as Sreehari Sukesh, a resident of Kerala. It said the family was informed about the incident and urged the pilot training school and local police to provide all necessary assistance.
With profound sorrow, we mourn the tragic passing of Mr. Sreehari Sukesh, a young Indian student pilot, who lost his life in a mid-air collision near Steinbach, Manitoba. We extend our deepest condolences to his family. The Consulate is in contact with the bereaved family, the…
— IndiainToronto (@IndiainToronto) July 9, 2025
"With profound sorrow, we mourn the tragic passing of Mr. Sreehari Sukesh, a young Indian student pilot, who lost his life in a mid-air collision near Steinbach, Manitoba. We extend our deepest condolences to his family. The Consulate is in contact with the bereaved family, the pilot training school and local police to provide all necessary assistance," it wrote on X.
Sukesh, the Indian student pilot who died in the mid-air collision, was a resident of Statue Road in Thrippunithura, Kochi, Kerala.
Crash happened during landing: Pilot training school
According to Adam Penner, president of Harv's Air pilot training school, the pilots were practising takeoffs and landings in small Cessna planes when they apparently attempted to land simultaneously, resulting in a collision a few hundred yards from the runway. Despite being equipped with radios, the pilots seemingly failed to spot each other. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed the pilots' deaths at the scene, with no passengers on board, but withheld victim identities during an afternoon briefing, citing limited information.
