The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) began an investigation into the trainer aircraft crash in Odisha on June 8. The two-seater aircraft crashed at the airstrip of a Government Aviation Training Institute (GATI) at Birasala in Dhenkanal district. The two occupants, Aanish Fatima (20), the lady trainee pilot, and Sanjay Kumar Jha, the trainer, both lost their lives in the crash. Though the cause of the crash is yet to be ascertained, it is suspected that a technical snag might be a reason behind the incident.