Small plane crashes into residence near Delhi, at least 10 dead
13:58, 26 May 2011
NEW DELHI. May 26. KAZINFORM Ten people, including all seven on board and three on the ground, died when a small chartered civil aircraft crashed into a residential area in Delhi's suburban town of Faridabad on Wednesday night, said local police on Thursday; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
Faridabad Police Commissioner P.K. Aggarwal said another person was confirmed injured and the toll could go up, reported local news agency IANS.
The Pilatus PC-12 single-engined turbo-prop aircraft was flying to the Indian capital from Patna, rushing a seriously-ill patient for specialized medical treatment, when the crash occurred at 10: 50 p.m. local time Wednesday, five minutes after it lost contact with the Air Traffic Control at the Delhi airport, aviation officials said.
The plane crashed into two houses in a thickly populated area of Faridabad, and 20 fire engines rushed to the spot for rescue operations; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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