About ten people were on the Superking aircraft as it took off for Ranchi on Tuesday morning. PHOTO: TWITTER @ANI_news
Emergency workers were carrying out relief and rescue operations after the plane, which was carrying 10 people, crashed shortly after take-off from the capital's Indira Gandhi International airport.
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The twin-engine plane was on its way to Ranchi in eastern Jharkhand state and was carrying members of India's Border Security Force.
"The crash took place at around 9:50 am moments after the technicians lost contact with ground control," AK Sharma, director of Delhi Fire Services, told AFP.
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"Three bodies have been retrieved from the accident site so far."
Television footage showed security personnel clearing the area as fire engines waited on the side.
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