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Chartered plane crash-lands in Aligarh, six on board safe
A chartered plane from Delhi, carrying 6 people, caught fire while landing at Dhanipur airstrip in Aligarh on Tuesday.
New Delhi: A chartered plane from Delhi, carrying 6 people, caught fire while landing at Dhanipur airstrip in Aligarh on Tuesday. The VT-AVV aircraft crashed after one of its wheels got stuck in a wire during landing.
There were no reports of injuries.Additional District Magistrate Ranjit Singh said six persons on board, including the pilot, were safe.
According to preliminary inquiry, the plane touched a high tension wire, fell on the ground and caught fire. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the flames, the ADM added.
Plane captain Kishore, co-pilot Deepak, and engineers Ram Prakash Gupta, Prabhat Trivedi, Anand Kumar and Kartik were rescued by the district authorities. All the six were admitted to a private hospital for medical assistance.
The aircraft was coming from Delhi to Aligarh to repair the trainer plane owned by a private aviation company.
