New Delhi, Feb. 23 -- A medical charter aircraft operated by Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd, flying from Ranchi to Delhi, crashed on Monday in Chatra, Jharkhand. The aircraft was carrying seven people on board. The aircraft, a Beechcraft King Air BE9L, took off from Ranchi for Delhi at around 1337 UTC or 7:07 pm IST.

The air ambulance had a patient on board, along with a doctor, a paramedic, two attendants, the pilot in command and a co-pilot. The aircraft was expected to land in Delhi at around 10 pm.

It lost contact with Air Traffic Control at 7:34 pm, with its last recorded location near Palamau.

Officials said the aircraft crashed in the Kasiyatu forest area of Simaria, near Chatra.

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