Chartered Plane Crashes In Mumbai's Ghatkopar Suburbs, 5 Dead
The aircraft was less than three km away from Mumbai airport main runway 27 when it crashed
A King Air C90 charter aircraft crashed in Ghatkopar on Thursday afternoon. According to the BMC control room, five bodies have been found by the fire brigade officers. The plane was going to land at the Mumbai airport when it crashed in Ghatkopar which is some distance away.
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.
Among those dead were two pilots, two Aircraft Maintenance Engineers on board and one person on the ground, Directorate General of Civil Aviation informed. It took about an hour to contain the fire and put it out.
The plane, a Beechcraft King Air C90 turboprop, was sold by the Uttar Pradesh government to a Mumbai-based company, UY Aviation, in 2014.
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According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation or DGCA, the plane took off from the Juhu airport on a test flight.
In images posted on Twitter, the plane is seen burning in flames while crowd has gathered around the debris.
OMG Heart Broken video ??
¡ª Muskan (@MuskanSy) June 28, 2018
Plane crash at Ghatkopar Mumbai#planecrash
#Mumbai #ghatkopar pic.twitter.com/grz2RyQL8K
A chartered plane crashes in an open area in Mumbai's Ghatkopar. Fire brigade teams rush to the spot.
¡ª Sanjay Vishwakarma (@SanjayV25385149) June 28, 2018
The plane was reportedly carrying 4 people 2 pilots & 2 engineers.
All on board have been declared death.#RIP @UPGovt pic.twitter.com/Orm0EKEsvN
Mumbai : Charted Plane 'KING AIR C90' chrased in Ghatkopar residential area. pic.twitter.com/0srDqOBh76
¡ª NEWS.80 Metro city (@80_news) June 28, 2018
A plane crash in Ghatkopar One dead pic.twitter.com/qOkmZRNpSZ
¡ª S Ahmed Ali (@ahmedaliTOI) June 28, 2018
#InPics: Plane crash in Mumbai¡¯s Ghatkopar kills five https://t.co/sFTxDCXjxq pic.twitter.com/l6taj7YxUg
¡ª Hindustan Times (@htTweets) June 28, 2018
Aircraft crashing in Mumbai's Ghatkopar suburb while on final approach perhaps first of it's kind accident in city's history... pic.twitter.com/8hgUGkZI4G
¡ª Govindraj Ethiraj (@govindethiraj) June 28, 2018
5 mins from my home
¡ª MS?? (@manoj_satkar) June 28, 2018
Mumbai¡¯s Ghatkopar @Khiladi_desi @Huss_Master @gazimonirul1234 @mannkakhiladi @AkkiYuvi_4ever @ThtsMePR pic.twitter.com/Fdqp57760M
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Sad to hear about plane crash in Mumbai's Ghatkopar and the loss of lives because of this accident. My prayers are with the families of the deceased. RIP pic.twitter.com/FgmfgNMd0U
¡ª Rohit Choudhary (@irohitchoudhary) June 28, 2018
BREAKING The four occupants of the chartered plane which crashed into building in Mumbai¡¯s Ghatkopar district are feared dead https://t.co/mrb38XjJYK pic.twitter.com/OqynufCxsm
¡ª AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) June 28, 2018
An aircraft has crashed in Mumbai's Ghatkopar district while attempting to land. The aircraft is believed to be a King Air 65-C90A VT-UPZ. Unknown fatalities. pic.twitter.com/cNy2xfbFuq
¡ª Brendan Grainger (@Highflyermel) June 28, 2018
#Mumbai: A chartered plane has crashed near Jagruti building in Ghatkopar where construction work was going on. More details awaited pic.twitter.com/QvDGtJqYF3
¡ª ANI (@ANI) June 28, 2018
