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Aircraft crashes near Indian capital, 10 dead


    NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An aircraft crashed into a wall and burst into flames on the outskirts of the Indian capital, New Delhi, on Tuesday, killing all 10 people on board, officials said.

    The Super King plane, chartered by the Border Security Force, was heading to the eastern city of Ranchi when it crashed shortly after taking off, a spokesman for the security force said. Most of those on board were technicians.

    The cause of the crash was not known, the spokesman said.

    Television footage showed fire engines at the scene as smoke poured from burning wreckage. Paramilitary forces and forensic teams also rushed to the site.

    (Reporting by Tommy Wilkes and Rupam Jain Nair)