An APdoctor couple from Machilipatnam, in Krishna district, died after a small plane in which they were flying crashed into a retention pond in Ohio,US. The deceased, Umamaheswara Rao Kalapatapu (63) and his wife Sitha Gita Kalapatapu (61), were both well-renowned psychiatrists, who owned a group of hospitals, Raj clinics, in the US.
Meanwhile, condolences and tears are pouring in on the Facebook profiles through social media of the deceased in which relatives described them as `gentle, disciplined, hard-working, polite, multi-talented role models.' The small plane lost signal with air traffic control (ATC) at around 10.30 am on Saturday and its was later found wrecked 75 miles southeast of Columbus