AAIB team begins probe into small aircraft crash landing near Rourkela

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A information    idiosyncratic   stands defender  astatine  the tract  of IndiaOne Air nine-seater craft  mishap  aft  it crash-landed with passengers & unit  onboard adjacent   the Jalda area, successful  Rourkela connected  January 10, 2026

A information idiosyncratic stands defender astatine the tract of IndiaOne Air nine-seater craft mishap aft it crash-landed with passengers & unit onboard adjacent the Jalda area, successful Rourkela connected January 10, 2026 | Photo Credit: ANI

A three-member squad of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) connected Sunday (January 11, 2026) started its probe into the crash landing of a tiny craft adjacent Rourkela, a elder authoritative said.

At slightest six radical were injured erstwhile a nine-seater craft of India One made an exigency clang landing adjacent Rourkela successful Odisha connected Saturday (January 10) afternoon.

The AAIB squad has already undertaken the aerial presumption of the craft clang landing incidental successful Rourkela, said Odisha's government's Commerce and Transport Department Principal Secretary, Usha Padhee.

"They person taken pictures of the clang landing tract from the aerial by utilizing a chopper provided by the authorities government. Later, they volition besides inspect the spot wherever the craft made a clang landing," Ms. Padheee said.

The State authorities has made each arrangements for the creaseless behaviour of the investigation, she said, adding that the probe is being done arsenic per the guidelines and SOP of the DGCA.

IndiaOne Air Cessna Grand C208B craft had clang landed adjacent Rourkela successful Odisha connected Saturday (January 10) with six persons, including 2 pilots and 4 passengers connected board. The craft departed Bhubaneswar successful the afternoon, and the unit declared a 'Mayday' to Rourkela ATC and made a forced landing astatine 1:20 p.m. successful an unfastened country adjacent Kansor, the DGCA said.

Meanwhile, Odisha's Directorate of Aviation, successful a statement, said that the wellness information of each six people, including 2 women and 2 pilots injured successful the clang landing of an craft successful Rourkela, was "safe and stable".

"As per the latest wellness bulletin, each passengers are harmless and stable. One rider remains nether adjacent and continuous aesculapian observation".

Ms. Padhee, who reached Rourkela connected Sunday greeting on with the AAIB squad and 2 specializer doctors from Bhubaneswar, said a dedicated squad of doctors is presently conducting aesculapian evaluations, and each patients stay nether strict aesculapian observation.

The Directorate said that the Odisha authorities has extended each the required enactment for ensuring the highest standards of safety, punctual aesculapian attraction to the affected individuals and probe by AAIB.

Published - January 11, 2026 12:48 p.m. IST

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