Charter Plane Crashes Near Rourkela, 6 Injured; Flight Operations Affected
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News18•10-01-2026, 16:21
Charter Plane Crashes Near Rourkela, 6 Injured; Flight Operations Affected
- •A nine-seater private A-1 aircraft, India One Airlines C-208, crashed 10 km from Rourkela, injuring six people.
- •The injured include pilots Captain Naveen Kadanga and Co-pilot Tarun Srivastava, and passengers Sushant Kumar Biswal, Anita Sahu, Sunil Agarwal, and Sabita Agarwal.
- •All six sustained minor injuries and are in stable condition, admitted to a nearby hospital for treatment.
- •Odisha's Commerce and Transport Minister B.B. Jena and Bhubaneswar Airport Director Prasanna Pradhan confirmed no serious injuries.
- •The incident, possibly due to a technical or mechanical fault, affected flight operations at Rourkela airstrip; DGCA informed for detailed investigation.
Why It Matters: A charter plane crash near Rourkela injured six, but all are stable, averting a major disaster.
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