Six people were injured after a single-engine, nine-seater aircraft belonging to a private airline crash-landed at Kansor near Jalda, around 20km from Rourkela, on Saturday afternoon. The pilot chose an open field near the Rourkela airstrip to land the aircraft on its belly. The district administrative team rescued the injured with the help of locals and shifted them to hospitals in Rourkela. Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi posted on X: “I am deeply saddened to learn about the plane crash that occurred in Rourkela. We need to wait for the details.”Former Indian Airlines pilot, Captain Manmath Routray, said: “The Cessna Grand C208B aircraft has a good reputation.

Source: The Telegraph January 11, 2026 01:53 UTC