9-seater plane crashes in Faridabad residential colony
A nine-seater chartered aircraft with seven people on board has crashed onto two houses in Faridabad near New Delhi. The aircraft, flying from Delhi to Patna, was a chartered medical ambulance.
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The PC-12 single-engine aircraft was flying to the Capital from Patna, rushing a seriously-ill patient, Rahul Raj, for specialised medical treatment when the crash occurred at 10.50 pm, fifteen minutes after it lost contact with the Air Traffic Control at Delhi airport. (Image Courtesy: PTI)
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According to an ATC official, "apart from the difficulty of operating a single-engine aircraft, doing so in heavy wind conditions can cause a disaster. In heavy wind conditions, the backdraft from the wind hitting the tail can make the aircraft unstable and cause it to nosedive".
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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has initiated a probe into the matter. "We have appointed an Inspector Accident who will make the sketch of the area and take the investigation further," AK Sharan, Joint Director DGCA said.
The aircraft, registration number VT-ACF, was being operated by Air Charter Services India. The aircraft was manufactured in 2005.
