Dhaka, Feb. 24 -- All seven people on board an air ambulance have been killed after it crashed in India's Jharkhand state.

The aircraft went down near Simaria in Chatra district while travelling from Ranchi to Delhi on Monday evening, Indian broadcaster NDTV reports.

According to NDTV, quoting Chatra Deputy Commissioner Keerthishree G, the plane, operated by Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd, took off from Ranchi at 7:11pm. It reportedly went missing around 7:30pm before crashing in the forested Bariatu Panchayat area.

Sub-divisional police officer Shubham Khandelwal said all seven bodies were recovered from the crash site, NDTV reported.

The victims were identified as pilots Capt Vivek Vikas Bhagat and Capt Savrajdeep Singh, patient Sanjay Kum...