Brave Pilot Maria Zuberi Lost Her Life While Saving Many Others In Mumbai Plane Crash

Angels often descend on earth in the form of humans to save innocent lives during calamities. At times, there are human beings rise above their daily duties and gather supernatural determination to do a special job. As the Beechcraft C 90 plane crash was about to happen in Mumbai, a pilot showed her presence of mind and steered away the plane to save a number of lives, which could have been lost otherwise.

The effort of the pilot was attested by former Civil Aviation Minister, Praful Patel, who tweeted to appreciate the pilot. She, unfortunately, died.

Saddened to hear about the unfortunate incident at #ghatkopar as Charter plane crashes in an open area. Salute to the pilot who showed presence of mind to avoid a big mishap, saving many lives at the cost of her own life. #RIP to all the 5 Dead. My deepest condolences.

¡ª Praful Patel (@praful_patel) June 28, 2018

¡°Saddened to hear about the unfortunate incident at #ghatkopar as Charter plane crashes in an open area. Salute to the pilot who showed the presence of mind to avoid a big mishap, saving many lives at the cost of her own life,¡± Mr Patel tweeted.

According to reports, the plane took off from the Juhu Aerodrome for a test flight, with two pilots and two maintenance engineers. It crashed a little after 1 pm, killing all four on board and a man on the ground.

It emerged later that the pilot wanted an emergency landing on the main runway of the Mumbai airport instead of heading to Juhu Aerodrome, but crashed just a short distance from the airport.

Reuters

The 12-seater plane was reportedly 20 years old.

Meanwhile, a fire brigade official said, "Our control room received a call at 1.15 pm informing a plane crash. Our jawans were immediately rushed at the site to launch the rescue operation. Four fire engines and as many water tankers were rushed to put out the fire."

The four people on board the plane who died in the crash have been identified as Captain PS Rajput, Co-pilot Maria Zuberi, Assistant Maintenance Engineer Surbhi and air technician Manish Panday. Additionally, a man on the Ghatkopar road also lost his life.