Wreckage of a trainee aircraft of NFTI that crashed in the village of Deori-Malagaon in Tirora tehsil of Gondia, Maharashtra on Wednesday. Pic/PTI

A four-seater trainer aircraft crashed in the Vainganga river on the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border on Wednesday killing the pilot and a female trainee after it got entangled in wires above the water line, a top official said in Mumbai.

Gondia Superintendent of Police (Dr) Dilip Patil-Bhujbal said the victims were a retired Indian Air Force pilot, Capt. Ranjan Gupta, and a trainee, Himani Kalyani, hailing from Mumbai.