Five people including two pilots were killed and two others were injured after a chartered plane crashed in an open area in Mumbai's Ghatkopar on Thursday afternoon.
The incident took place at around 1:30 pm after the aircraft took off from Juhu airport for a test flight.
A private aircraft with a capacity of 12 passengers 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.
"Five people have been killed and two others injured," said BMC PRO.
The aircraft — King Air C-90 VT-UPZ — belongs to UY Aviation Pvt Ltd and it was bought from Uttar Pradesh government.
"There were two pilots and two AMEs on board. All on board aircraft along with one person on the ground are dead," said Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
The DGCA team is on way for prelim investigation.
A team of the fire brigade and the ambulance is at the spot. Flames and heavy black smoke was seen rising from the wreckage.
Meanwhile, amid confusion due to the logo of Uttar Pradesh government on the aircraft, Principal Secretary (Information) Avnish Awasthi said, "The chartered plane which has crashed (in Mumbai's Ghatkopar) does not belong to UP govt. The state govt had sold it to Mumbai's UY Aviation. The deal was done after the plane had met with an accident in Allahabad."
Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said that he is saddened to hear the news about the aircraft crash in Mumbai and he is in constant touch with on ground developments.
"Have directed DGCA to conduct an investigation into the plane crash at the earliest," he said.
The incident took place a day after Sukhoi-30 fighter jet crashed in Nashik.
