A Surya Kiran aircraft of the Indian Navy on Wednesday crashed into a residential area during an air show in Hyderabad. The plane crashed near the Begumpet airport of Hyderabad.

The Kiran MK-II plane, which was part of the ‘Sagar Pawan’ aerobatic team participating in a display at the India Aviation show, crashed into a building, Hyderabad police commissioner A K Khan said.

“The pilot is dead. So far one building is damaged. We have to see how many people were inside it. Four persons have been injured,” he said.

While earlier TV reports said the pilot of the aircraft had managed to eject safely and television cameras showed the pilot ejecting from the falling plane, the Hyderabad police chief later said the pilot had ejected but he did not survive the impact of the fall.

The plane fell into a thickly populated area and the third floor of a residential building in the area took the maximum impact of the exploding aircraft.

Witnesses said they heard a loud boom, after which the plane went down. A thick cloud of smoke rose to the sky near the Begumpet airport following the accident. Rescue efforts are on.

The plane was part of a three aircraft of the Sagar Pawan, Indian Navy’s Goa-based aerobatic team which was seen to be coming out of a Y-formation at the time of the mishap. Two of the planes landed safely.