Story Highlights:
*The plane was sold by UP government to a Mumbai-based company.
*A man was also killed on the ground Ghatkopar.
*Plane was about to land at Mumbai airport when it crashed.
*Flames and thick, black smoke was seen rising from the wreckage of the plane that crashed.
Five people were killed after a small plane crashed into a construction site in a thickly populated suburb of Mumbai this afternoon. The plane was about to land at the Mumbai airport when it crashed some distance away in Ghatkopar, killing all four on board - two pilots and two maintenance engineers.One man was also killed as the plane crashed at a spot that sits next to several high-rise residential buildings.
The plane crashed through the boundary wall of the under construction residential complex and burst into flames leaving a strong smell of aviation fuel all over the area. Aircraft parts like the engines, propellers and landing gear were completely burnt even before the fire brigade could reach the spot.
As local residents ran out of their houses after a chartered plane crashed in suburban Ghatkopar this afternoon, they saw a ghastly sight of a burning body.
According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation or DGCA, the 12-seater plane had taken off from the Juhu airstrip on a test flight.
In visuals on TV and social media, flames and black smoke were seen rising from the wreckage. A large crowd gathered around the debris, many carrying umbrellas in the rain, as firemen sifted through the debris.
"There was a huge explosion and the adjacent tree caught fire and the fire spilled on the streets," a man told.
"Initially we assumed an electric box in the under construction building must have caught fire but when we checked out the spot, we found the charred body of a man who apparently was on bike when the plane crashed," he added.
It took over an hour to put out the fire. The black box of the aircraft has been recovered and the DGCA has already started a preliminary probe into what caused the crash. Teams from the DGCA and Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting or ARFF have already begun collecting evidence from the crash site.
"There was a loud bang and then we saw the plane," said a teenager who lives in the neighbourhood.
A resident of an apartment complex, Patel Niwas, added: "We are used to planes flying overhead. We thought there was an explosion at the construction site. Only later we realized that a plane had crashed."
According to police, five persons were killed in the crash, namely, two pilots and two aircraft maintenance engineers on board, and a pedestrian.
Talks with Eye-Witnesses:
"The toll could have been higher had the plane hit any of the high-rises around the spot".
"The pilot did not let this happen. I think the pilot purposefully maneuvered the plane to this site to avoid casualties".
"There was a very loud explosion. Smoke and flames engulfed the area in the 50-metre radius, leaving us clueless as to what had happened".
"We were having lunch when we heard the first explosion. We immediately rushed out..... saw a burning body near the crash spot. We tried to save the man but the flames had engulfed him so completely that we found ourselves helpless".
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Even i stay in mumbai around 1 km away from this accident site.
Yea, I heard this. But Pilot saved many lives
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