Latest: Five die as chartered plane crashes in busy district of Mumbai
At least five people have died after a small chartered plane crashed in a busy area of Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital.
Fire officials said it is not clear how many people were on board the aircraft, which came down near a multi-storey building under construction in the Ghatkopar area.
Five bodies have been recovered from the wreckage and rescue work is continuing, according to fire official R Pawar.
India Today television said the plane crashed as it was preparing to land in Mumbai.
The broadcaster added that a pilot, three passengers and one person on the ground were dead.
A chartered plane belonging to a state government has crashed in a busy district of Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital, police said.
It is being reported that five people on board the plane have died.
The crash happened at a building site in the busy Ghatkopar area of Mumbai.
Television images showed parts of the wreckage burning on the ground.
Uttar Pradesh government aircraft crashes near Sarvoday Nagar in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar. More details awaited https://t.co/evJ316E4bw
— NDTV (@ndtv) June 28, 2018
(📸credit: ANI) pic.twitter.com/rznUIORT47
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