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Mumbai plane crash: Chartered plane crashes in Ghatkopar; five people reported dead - WATCH

A chartered plane crashed in Mumbai on Thursday afternoon, with five people feared dead in the incident, reports said. The plane crashed in an open area in Ghatkopar. Fire brigade teams and ambulance are at the spot.

Mumbai plane crash |Photo Credit: ANI

Mumbai: A chartered plane crashed in Mumbai on Thursday afternoon, with reports saying at least five people are feared dead in the incident. The plane crashed in an open area in the thickly populated suburb of Ghatkopar in north-east Mumbai. The four occupants of the chartered plane were feared dead, while a pedestrian also died in the incident. Several others were reported injured in the accident. Fire brigade teams and ambulances are at the spot.
News agency ANI said the chartered plane crashed near Jagruti building, close to the MTNL building, at Sarvodaya Enclave in Ghatkopar where construction work was underway. The Mumbai Police said further details are awaited.
Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary (Information) Avnish Awasthi denied reports that the plane belonged to the state Uttar Pradesh government. "The chartered plane which has crashed (in Mumbai's Ghatkopar) does not belong to UP govternment. The state government had sold it to Mumbai's UY Aviation. The deal was done after the plane had met with an accident in Allahabad."
Sources said the plane crashed while proceeding towards the Mumbai airport's domestic terminal to land. News agency IANS reported eyewitnesses as saying that the plane hurtled down and crashed with a deafening roar. It burst into flames upon crashing on the ground at around 1.15 pm.


The cause of the crash is yet to be ascertained.

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Chartered plane crashes in Mumbai's Ghatkopar suburbs

• The aircraft was less than three km away from Mumbai airport main runway 27 when it crashed
• At least five people have died in the tragedy

MUMBAI: A King Air C90 charter aircraft crashed in Ghatkopar, the congested central suburbs of Mumbai, on Thursday afternoon.

The BMC disaster control room has confirmed that five people have died in the tragedy. Four people on board the ill-fated aircraft and one pedestrian on the ground are dead.

The aircraft crashed onto an under-construction building called Jagruti around 1.30 pm, said a source. The aircraft was less than three km away from Mumbai airport main runway 27 when it crashed.

The fire from the burning wreckage was brought under control by 1.40 pm, said a fire brigade personnel adding that three fire engine one jumbo water tanker is currently on the site.

"The 12-seater aircraft (VT-UPZ) had four occupants, one pilot and three passengers. Two charred bodies have been recovered from the site," said the fire brigade.

The aircraft belongs to Mumbai-based company, U Y Aviation Pvt Ltd and is owned by gutkha baron Dipak Kothari," said an aviation source. "It's an old aircraft which earlier belonged to the UP government," the source added.

Main runway 09/27 of the Mumbai airport has been closed and flight operations moved to the secondary runway. The crash site falls in the approach path of main runway. Smoke from the wreckage would have led the air traffic control to move flights to the secondary runway


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