A small plane crashed into a construction site in a densely populated part of India’s financial capital Mumbai on Thursday, killing five people including
one on the ground, officials said.
Four people were on board the 12-seater aircraft when it crashed, disaster management officials said, with witnesses reporting hearing a “loud explosion” as it smashed into a half-built structure.
“There was a huge
explosion and the adjacent tree caught fire and the fire spilled on the streets,”
“An electric box in the under construction building was believe to have been the cause of the explosions.
A woman, who was also not named, reported hearing three loud explosions and described seeing a “major fire”.
Video footage posted online showed bright orange flames licking the side of a building next to a construction site.
The white tailfin seemed to be the only recognisable part of the aircraft that was not consumed in the inferno.
India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said the plane was a turbo-prop King Air C-90 and had been on a test flight from the nearby Juhu airstrip.
“There were two pilots and two aircraft maintenance engineers on board.
All onboard the aircraft along with one person on ground are dead,” the DGCA confirmed.
It was not raining at the time of the accident and weather did not appear to be a factor in the crash.
DGCA said it was sending a team to investigate the cause, adding that the aircraft was owned by a private operator who had purchased it from the Uttar.
Rahangdale, Mumbai’s chief fire officer, said several fire engines had rushed to the spot.
“Our teams have extinguished the fire and are conducting rescue operations,”
India’s National Disaster Response Force said it was also sending a team to make sure there were no injured trapped under any rubble that may have been cause by the crash.
P Rahangdale, Mumbai’s chief fire officer, said several fire engines had rushed to the spot.
“Our teams have extinguished the fire and are conducting rescue operations,”
one on the ground, officials said.
Four people were on board the 12-seater aircraft when it crashed, disaster management officials said, with witnesses reporting hearing a “loud explosion” as it smashed into a half-built structure.
“There was a huge
explosion and the adjacent tree caught fire and the fire spilled on the streets,”
“An electric box in the under construction building was believe to have been the cause of the explosions.
A woman, who was also not named, reported hearing three loud explosions and described seeing a “major fire”.
Video footage posted online showed bright orange flames licking the side of a building next to a construction site.
The white tailfin seemed to be the only recognisable part of the aircraft that was not consumed in the inferno.
India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said the plane was a turbo-prop King Air C-90 and had been on a test flight from the nearby Juhu airstrip.
“There were two pilots and two aircraft maintenance engineers on board.
All onboard the aircraft along with one person on ground are dead,” the DGCA confirmed.
It was not raining at the time of the accident and weather did not appear to be a factor in the crash.
DGCA said it was sending a team to investigate the cause, adding that the aircraft was owned by a private operator who had purchased it from the Uttar.
Rahangdale, Mumbai’s chief fire officer, said several fire engines had rushed to the spot.
“Our teams have extinguished the fire and are conducting rescue operations,”
India’s National Disaster Response Force said it was also sending a team to make sure there were no injured trapped under any rubble that may have been cause by the crash.
P Rahangdale, Mumbai’s chief fire officer, said several fire engines had rushed to the spot.
“Our teams have extinguished the fire and are conducting rescue operations,”
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