Seven people lost their lives after a chartered air ambulance crashed in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, officials said on Tuesday.
India’s aviation regulator said the Beechcraft C90 aircraft, operating a medical evacuation flight, went down on Monday in the Kasaria area.
Rescue and medical teams rushed to the crash site, which local media reported was located deep inside a forested and hard-to-reach area.
Local administrative official Keerthishree G said doctors at the scene confirmed that all seven occupants had died.
Among the victims were two crew members, she added.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation said the aircraft, operated by Redbird Airways, had requested a route deviation due to bad weather before losing contact with air traffic control about 23 minutes into the flight.
India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has been sent to the site to determine the cause of the crash.
The incident comes just weeks after another fatal chartered aircraft crash in India, raising fresh concerns over flight safety in difficult weather conditions.
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