'The police have the sad certainty that the 20 people aboard perished,' police spokeswoman Anita Senti told a news conference
The aircraft had taken off from the Pathankot air base at 12.20 pm
Crashed aircraft was on its first flight in four years
The King Air C90 12-seater aircraft, which took off from the Juhu airstrip, crashed in the Jagruti Nagar area of Ghatkopar
At least four pilots on the flight, which was travelling from Hong Kong to Istanbul via Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek The majority of the dead were from the village of Dacha-Suu where the cargo plane crashed at around 7.30 am local time, a spokesman for the country's emergency services, Muhammed Svarov, told AFP. The total number of dead "could be bigger" Svarov said, adding that authorities had launched a huge search and rescue operation. "Major work is underway," Svarov said. "The damage to infrastructure in the village is significant." At least four pilots on the flight, which was travelling from Hong Kong to Istanbul via Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek, were among the dead, the emergency services ministry said, with one pilot's body yet to be found. Around 43 houses were damaged by the crash, according to the emergency services ministry, which said that the accident sparked fires that spread, but have now been
Officials did not immediately say how long it would take to analyze their contents
According to the police, six survivors were rescued from the accident site, but one died while being taken to the hospital
Medellin's Mayor Federico Gutierrez said that it is possible there are survivors