Govt: Indian plane not involved in Afghan crash; only did refuelling at Gaya airport

New Delhi: A more than 40-year-old small aircraft carrying six people that crashed in a rural Afghanistan province was not an Indian aircraft and only did refuelling at the Gaya airport on Saturday en route from a Thailand airport to Moscow, officials said on Sunday.

The Morocco-registered Dassault Falcon (DF-10) plane, operating as an air ambulance, was flying from Utapao airport in Thailand to Moscow.

An official told PTI that the plane departed the Gaya airport after refuelling at 4.02 pm on Saturday.

There were six passengers onboard, including a female patient, the official added.

A source in the know said the plane had started from Utapao airport in Thailand. (PTI)