Gujarat, April 22 -- A trainer aircraft crashed in Gujarat's Amreli on Tuesday, resulting in the death of the pilot, police said.

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 news agency, 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 Naga...