This Article is From May 26, 2011

Plane crashes in Faridabad residential colony: Timeline

Plane crashes in Faridabad residential colony: Timeline
New Delhi: A nine-seater chartered aircraft with seven people on board crashed into a densely-populated residential colony in Faridabad on Wednesday night, killing ten people, including all seven on board.

Here is the timeline:

8.15 pm: Wednesday night a Swiss-made nine seater with 7 people on board including a critically ill patient takes-off from Patna for Delhi.

9.30 pm: The aircraft is given priority by Delhi Air Traffic Control

9:45 pm: The plane is given permission to land and asked descend to 1,100 ft. Plane vectored to land at runway 29 of the IGI airport

9.55 pm:
The aircraft asked to hold at 1,100 feet as there are six other planes before it but the plane continues to descend, without heeding ATC instructions

10:15 pm: Ground Promity Warning goes off at Delhi ATC tower. ATC tries to warn pilot but gets no response, soon the plane vanishes from the radar

10.20 pm: Plane crash reported in a residential area of Faridabad
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