An airplane crash in Mumbai: locals say the plane struck cables

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Written by Neha Kulkarni
| Mumbai |

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Mumbai plane crash: The family of co-pilot Marya Zuberi near the Mumbai cemetery on Friday. (Photo Express by Prashant Nadkar)

OFFICIALS from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which investigates the crash of a Beechcraft King C90 aircraft on Thursday at Ghatkopar in Mumbai in which five people died, inspected the debris at the crash site. Friday. They took away four pieces of cable from two surrounding buildings that had been broken by the plane that crashed.

Local residents said that the 12-seater chartered plane, which was conducting its first test flight after three years of maintenance, struck the wire rope and then crashed into a Pillar of Prithvii, a building under construction. The pilot, co – pilot, two maintenance personnel and one pedestrian were killed when the aircraft, purchased by UY Aviation Limited, crashed.

Local residents on Friday guided a team of two AAIB members in both buildings. "We collected two sets of cables from the Shankar Sagar and Rani Lane buildings, located right in front of the crash site. These wires were in the path of the plane when it crashed and were connected between the two buildings. Although we can not say exactly what happened, that will be part of our testimony, "said a senior AAIB official.

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Mumbai plane crash: while the rescue team was recovering the box Black and Flight Data Recorder (FDR) flight Thursday, the remaining portions of the wreckage were collected on Friday. (Photo Express by Prashant Nadkar)

Ravi Punj, a resident, said: "From the way the cable wires hung since yesterday, we badume that the plane cut the cables and fell on the steel reinforcements of the pillars of the two buildings. Considering that he crashed with such force, we were lucky that nothing else happened on the way. "

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While the rescue team was recovering the black box and l & # 39; 39; Flight Data Recorder (FDR) Thursday, the remains of the wreckage were recovered Friday

Deputy Director of the AAIB, Jasbeer Singh, said: "We will collect evidence. On the accident site Most of the required proofs of the flight were collected by the DGAC on Thursday.We have to make a few more trips to the site before concluding the search. "

L & # 39; The 22-year-old aircraft had been serviced by the Indamer Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) for two years at Juhu Airport in Mumbai. Singh said that although maintenance records will be reviewed, the aircraft was not old enough to not be airworthy.

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UY Aviation officials said that the plane was supposed to perform its first flight from the airport. Monday's test, but it was postponed for Thursday after a notice to Airmen (NOTAM) was issued by Juhu Airport. "Due to heavy rains on Monday, a NOTAM was issued against the conduct of air operations from Juhu Airport.This is why we were unable to perform the flight. After Air Traffic Control (ATC) cleared flight movements on Thursday, we started the test flight, "said Anil Chauhan, chief of operations at UY Aviation

. Manually control the flight four miles from the Juhu airport. "Considering that they lost contact with the ATC team, a power outage could have caused the accident. When the power is cut off, the pilot can not take the flight charge, "said a senior official at Juhu Airport.