New Delhi, Dec 31(PTI): The aircraft involved in the Ghatkopar (suburb in eastern Mumbai) crash that killed five persons earlier this year was on an “illegal test flight” and the plane itself was once brought to Mumbai in pieces in trucks, according to a report. Besides, the aircraft was insured for Rs 7 crore in January last year in an illegal manner, a parliamentary panel has said.
On June 28, a King Air C-90 charter aircraft crashed during a test flight in Ghatkopar, Mumbai. Four persons on board — two pilots and two maintenance engineers — as well as a bystander were killed. The Aircrat Accident Investigation Bureau is already probing the incident.
Describing the facts that have come out regarding the incident as “shocking”, the panel chaired by BJP MP Kirit Somaiya said the test flight was illegal and done during bad weather.
The aircraft was sold by the Uttar Pradesh Government in early 2014 as “scrap”.