India, April 22 -- A trainer aircraft belonging to a private aviation academy crashed in a residential area in Gujarat's Amreli district on Tuesday, resulting in the death of a trainee pilot, a police official said.

According to PTI, the plane fell on a tree before crashing into an open plot and catching fire.

The aircraft crash-landed into a residential area in the Giriya Road area of Amreli town at around 12:30 pm due to unknown reasons, said Amreli Superintendent of Police, Sanjay Kharat.

The pilot was flying solo. The aircraft had taken off from the Amreli airport, he added.

After it crashed near the Shastri Nagar area, the plane caught fire and was engulfed in flames, said Kharat.

"After taking off from the Amreli airport with a...