In Pics Mumbai Plane Crash: 5 dead after plane crashes, catches fire in busy Ghatkopar district
Five people have been killed including two pilots and two were injured after a plane crahsed in an open area in Mumbai on Thursday afternoon.
Five people have been killed including two pilots and two were injured after a plane crashed in an open area in Mumbai on Thursday afternoon.
A private plane with 12 passengers on board crashed at 1:30pm after the aircraft took off rom the Juhu airport for a test flight.The aircraft crashed in the compound of the under-construction building in the old Maniklal lane in Ghatkopar which is near telephone exchange on Jeev Daya Lane.
The aircraft — King Air C-90 VT-UPZ — belongs to UY Aviation Pvt Ltd and it was bought from Uttar Pradesh government.
Plane crashes in busy Ghatkopar district which is near telephone exchange on Jeev Daya Lane. PHOTO CREDITS: Hemant Padalkar
Aircraft crashes right in the centre of the high-rise residential towers in Mumbai PHOTO CREDITS: Hemant Padalkar
Several fire engines and National Disaster Response Force was sent for rescue PHOTO CREDITS: Hemant Padalkar
Wreckage of the twin-prop plane as rescue teams carry out resue operations PHOTO CREDITS: Hemant Padalkar