Medical charter aircraft crashes near Ranchi, 7 onboard

The aircraft was a Beechcraft King Air BE9L operated by Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd. It departed from Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi at 7:07 pm and was expected to land in Delhi at around 10 pm. Sources in Aviation confirmed that the aircraft lost contact with Air Traffic Control at 7:34 pm. Its last location was traced near Palamau before it crashed in the Kasiyatu forest area of Simaria in Chatra district.