The dead include two pilots a patient, his realtives and a doctor. The accident occurred at around 10.45 pm on Wednesday night.

According to reports the crash took place when the area was hit by a dust storm. The plane caught fire as soon as it crashed, sending up plumes of smoke.

The number of casualties could not be immediately ascertained. Eight bodies have been recovered so far.

The Pilatus PC-12 single-engined turbo-prop aircraft was flying to the capital from Patna, rushing a critically-ill patient for medical treatment when the crash occurred

The medical ambulance flying from Patna. The aircraft was a Apollo (Patna) Air ambulance carrying critical patient when it crashed at the Parvatiya Colony near the Air Force Station, official sources said.

The crash has happened in a residential area. Two homes have been destroyed. Report said that people in these home have also killed. Actual number of dead is not yet known

Officials of DGCA and Civil Aviation Ministry rushed to the crash site.

Local people are helping the police in the rescue operations.  “Police officials have rushed to the spot. The area has been cordoned off,” Haryana DGP Rajiv Ranjan Dalal told media people.