Seven people, including two pilots, were reportedly killed when an air ambulance with a critically ill patient on board, crashed in Faridabad on the outskirts of the national capital late Wednesday night, police said
Seven people, including two pilots, were reportedly killed when an air ambulance with a critically ill patient on board, crashed in Faridabad on the outskirts of the national capital late Wednesday night, police said.
This aircraft with seven persons, including two pilots, on board
crashed into a residential area near Faridabad on Wednesday night.
The 7 on board were killed; 5 on the ground are feared dead. Pics/Mid Day
The Pilatus PC-12 single-engined turbo-prop aircraft was flying to the capital from Patna, rushing a critically-ill patient for medical treatment when the crash occurred at 10.50 p.m., five minutes after it lost contact with the Air Traffic Control at Delhi airport, police said.
The plane crashed into the roof of a house in Faridabad's Parvatiya Colony, police said, adding that residents of the house were safe.
The aircraft, registration number VT-ACF, was being operated by Air Charter Services India. The aircraft was manufactured in 2005.The pilots on board have been identified as Harpreet and Manjeet while cabin crew have been identified as Shyral and Ratnesh.
The aircraft took off from Patna airport at 9:00 pm and was scheduled to reach Delhi airport at 11 pm. "Apparently due to bad weather it lost control at a height of 11,000 km," sources said.
(-Inputs: Amit Singh & Shashank Shekhar)u00a0u00a0
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