Ranchi: A medical chartered plane travelling from Ranchi to Delhi crashed Monday evening in the Kasiyatu forest area of Simaria, near Chatra in Jharkhand, with seven people onboard, officials confirmed.
The aircraft a Beechcraft King Air BE9L operated by Delhi-based Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd took off from Ranchi at 7:07 pm. In addition to a patient being airlifted for medical care, the flight carried a doctor, a paramedic, two attendants, a pilot in command, and a co-pilot. The two pilots were identified as Vivek Vikash Bhagat and Savrajdeep Singh.
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The flight was scheduled to land in Delhi at 10:00 pm, but lost contact with Air Traffic Control at 7:34 pm. Its last tracked location was reported near Palamau before it went off radar.
The Chatra Superintendent of Police told Hindustan Times that police teams were en route to the crash site, adding that details on casualties and the extent of damage would be available once personnel reached the location.