WASHINGTON: A trainee pilot from India was among three people killed when two small training aircraft from a flight school collided midair in US’s Florida , authorities said on Wednesday. The two planes likely piloted by trainers smashed into each other on Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration said, the ‘Miami Herald’ reported.

The two planes belonged to Dean International, a Miami flight school that has a history of over two dozen incidents and accidents from 2007 till 2017, Dade County mayor said. Police identified one of the victims as Nisha Sejwal, 19, from India. Sejwal had enrolled in flight school in September 2017, according to her Facebook page.

