CCTV camera captures plane crash in Mumbai
Mumbai : A CCTV placed in high rise building of Mumbai captured last moments of a small chartered plane that crashed and burst into flames, instantly killing the four occupants in it and a person on the street below.
In the video, the plane can be seen hitting a red vehicle on the road and instantly burning into flames.
The flames and smoke were seen spread over a radius of about 50 meters.
The plane crashed through the boundary wall of the under-construction residential complex and burst into flames leaving a strong smell of aviation fuel all over the area. Aircraft parts like the engines, propellers and landing gear were completely burnt even before the fire brigade could reach the spot.
The victims have been identified as Capt. Pradeep Rajput, woman pilot Capt. Mariya, woman aircraft maintenance engineer Surabhi, who was more than two months pregnant, and her colleague, an aircraft junior technician Manish Pandey, both of Indamer Aviation Pvt Ltd.
The reason behind crash is still unknown.
#WATCH: A chartered plane crashes near Jagruti building in Ghatkopar where a construction work was going on. #Mumbai pic.twitter.com/ACyGYymydX
— ANI (@ANI) June 28, 2018
