All 10 BSF troopers killed in plane crash in Delhi’s Dwarka; probe ordered

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Dec 22, 2015: A Border Security Force (BSF) aircraft crashed near Dwarka on Tuesday, killing all 10 people - two pilots and eight technicians - on board.

 

 

The small Ranchi-bound BSF Superking aircraft crashed at Bagdola village near Sector-8 Dwarka shortly after take-off.

After briefing Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the crash, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has arrived at the crash site to take stock of the situation.

MoS Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma has ordered a probe into the incident.

The Aviation sources said the accident happened at around 9:50 am when the plane crashed into the airport boundary wall and landed in a sewage treatment plant while

returning back due to apparent technical problem five minutes after it took off for Ranchi.

The aircraft lost contact with the Air Traffic Control at 9.50 am, they said.

BSF sources said the technicians were on the way to Ranchi to repair a helicopter.

Eyewitnesses said the plane hit a wall before bursting into flames and then crashed into a water body.

"We saw a plane spiralling down which crashed near the wall where work was going on. I could spot one body. A labourer who was working was also injured," an eye witness Suraj told reporters.

The area was engulfed in dense smoke and fire with pieces of aircraft spread around.

Emergency workers are carrying out relief and rescue operations. Fifteen fire tenders have reached the spot.

In the meantime, DG-level talks between India and Bangladesh beginning today in Dhaka have been cancelled in the wake of BSF aircraft crash.