Indore, Jan. 28 -- Chief Instructor Mandar Mahajan of the Madhya Pradesh Flying Club on Wednesday expressed grief over the death of young co-pilot Shambhavi Pathak in the Baramati plane crash, calling it "a very unfortunate incident".

"The incident happened today and is very unfortunate. Shambhavi came to me for Commercial Licensed Pilot training and completed her instructor rating. With me, she had flown 40-50 hours. Shambhavi joined my training centre before COVID, maybe in 2018-19," Mahajan told ANI.

"I got a call from her father about her training. Her father was also in the Indian Air Force and is now retired. I recently learned that her father also worked at the same company where she was employed. It is really a great loss," he a...