Storm in Delhi behind Faridabad plane crash?

New Delhi: A chartered aircraft carrying a patient from Patna crashed in Faridabad in the suburbs of Delhi on Wednesday night. The small plane - said to be carrying seven including the patient, relatives and crew - crashed into a house in Sector -22 in Faridabad.
At least eight people are reported dead in the crash. However, the residents of the house on which the plane crashed were safe, police officials said.
Reports say the plane went off the radar at a distance of 16 nautical miles from Delhi when it was flying at a height of about 600 feet.
The aircraft, registeration number VT-ACF, was being operated by Air Charter Services India. The aircraft was manufactured in 2005.
Preliminary reports indicate that the ATC lost touch with the plane soon after it was asked to hold position at about 11,000 ft before it could prepare to land.
The plane later began losing height and crashed in Faridabad. Aviation authorities are now trying to ascertain what went wrong after they lost contact with the plane. There was a storm in Delhi and neighbouring areas around the time the plane crashed, at about 10.45 pm and the authorities are trying to figure out if this could have been the cause.
26/05/11 Dailybhaskar.com

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