A small aircraft today crashed killing all its three occupants in Bidadi near here.

The NAL-built Saras aircraft crashed in an open area at Sheshagirihalli at 3.45 PM and caught fire, police said.

The aircraft was completely destroyed in the blaze. Three charred bodies were retrieved from the wreckage, police inspector Satya Narayan said. Five fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the blaze.