Small chartered plane crashes in Mumbai suburb

A small chartered plane crashed in the thickly populated suburb of Ghatkopar in north-east Mumbai on Thursday, officials said.

Eyewitnesses said the plane was seen hurtling down and crashed with a deafening roar before bursting into flames around 1.15 p.m.

There were no reports of casualties as the crash - the cause of which is not known - occurred in the premises of a building under construction.

--IANS

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