A small lightweight aircraft designed to carry only two people crashed into a residential building in Dhanbad district. The pilot and a 14-year-old passenger on the flight were seriously injured and taken to the hospital, according to officials.
Jharkhand
IndiaOne Air Jamshedpur-Kolkata flights were officially inaugurated at Sonari Airport by Chief Minister Hemant Soren. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister for Civil Aviation, was present for the ceremony.
IndiGo on Saturday started a direct flight service between Delhi and the newly inaugurated airport at Deoghar in Jharkhand.
PM Narendra Modi is all set for his Bihar-Jharkhand visit on Tuesday and he will unveil developmental projects of more than ₹16,800 crores in Deoghar, including the inauguration of an airport, for which the Prime Minister had laid the foundation stone in Jharkhand on May 25, 2018. Notably, the Deoghar airport will be the second international airport in Jharkhand after Ranchi.
Deoghar airport is provided with modern facilities including 24-hour medical assistance for passengers. With six check-in counters, the airport has a prime hour handling capacity of 200 passengers.