The plane broke into two and caught fire Authorities in India are investigating into the crash of a small medical ambulance aircraft near the capital, Delhi, which killed 10 people.
The plane crashed on Wednesday night into a residential area in Faridabad town in the northern state of Haryana.
The dead included seven people on board the aircraft and three women who were in the house on which the plane fell.
The craft was flying a critically ill patient from the state of Bihar to a hospital in Delhi.
Reports said a team of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) was at the site of the crash, looking through the wreckage of the plane.
A senior DGCA official said the plane was in contact with the air traffic control and on the radar before suddenly vanishing and losing touch, news agency Press Trust of India reported.
Minutes before landing in Delhi, the plane broke into two and caught fire, burning parts of the house on which it fell.
Mangled remains of the aircraft lay strewn at the site of the crash and a damaged propeller was also seen.
"When the plane crashed, massive fire erupted and the public started running for the rescue of the victims," news agency Reuters quoted Sanjay Kumar, an eyewitness, as saying.
Police said two people who were injured in the crash were admitted to hospital.
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