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Air ambulance crash kills 10 in India | Air ambulance crash kills 10 in India |
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Authorities in India are investigating the crash of a small medical ambulance aircraft near the capital, Delhi, which killed 10 people. | |
The plane crashed on Wednesday night in a residential area in Faridabad town in the northern state of Haryana. | |
The dead included seven people on board the aircraft and three women who were in the house on which the plane fell. | The dead included seven people on board the aircraft and three women who were in the house on which the plane fell. |
The craft was flying a critically ill patient from the state of Bihar to a hospital in Delhi. | The craft was flying a critically ill patient from the state of Bihar to a hospital in Delhi. |
Reports said a team of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) was at the site of the crash, sifting through the wreckage of the plane. | |
A senior DGCA official said the plane had been in contact with air traffic control before suddenly vanishing, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. | |
Minutes before hitting the ground, the plane broke into two and caught fire, burning parts of the house on which it landed. | |
Mangled remains of the aircraft lay strewn at the site of the crash and a damaged propeller was also seen. | Mangled remains of the aircraft lay strewn at the site of the crash and a damaged propeller was also seen. |
"When the plane crashed, massive fire erupted and the public started running for the rescue of the victims," Reuters news agency quoted Sanjay Kumar, an eyewitness, as saying. | |
Police said two people injured in the crash had been admitted to hospital. |
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