Kerala family's wait for student pilot's body continues
A 23-year-old student pilot, Sreehari was at the helm of one of the two Cessna planes involved in the incident as part of his training for a commercial pilot's licence. The July 8 crash also claimed the life of Savanna May Royes, a 20-year-old Canadian student pilot. It was Sreehari's lifelong dream to become a pilot and he had been in Canada for the past one and a half years, said Deepesh Chandran, his uncle. 'Sreehari was home last November to visit his grandmother, who was battling cancer. He returned in February after her death.'
'Nobody knows what happened. The instructor said the collision happened during a training manoeuvre. It wasn't a head-on crash,' said Deepesh. He said the body will be moved to a funeral home in Canada after police procedures. Before moving to Canada,
According to him, the Canada Malayalee Association is assisting with all the necessary procedures.
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