Ten people including all seven onboard a small civil chartered aircraft were killed when the medical ambulance flight to Delhi from Patna crashed into a densely-populated residential area near Faridabad, about 30km from here, due to bad weather last night.
Faridabad's Sub Divisional Magistrate Pradeep said the incident occurred when the P-12 turboprop aircraft belonging to Delhi-based Air Chartered Services India Pvt Limted crashed in Jawaharnagar locality shortly before landing at Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi.
Two persons were also injured in the crash.
The persons who lost their lives on the ground are believed to be residents of the houses hit by the plane.
According to Delhi airport sources, the airplane lost control and nosedived from a height of about 8,000 feet 15 minutes before landing. There was strong gusty wind due to a dust-storm at the time of the crash.
The plane caught fire as soon as it crashed on two houses.
The airplane was ferrying a critically ill patient to Apollo Hospital in New Delhi.
Besides the two pilots, two doctors and two medical attendants accompanying the patient were on board.