Several media reports on Monday claimed that a private aircraft had crashed into a hillside in Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh, with purported visuals showing thick smoke and flames rising from the area. However, officials have denied these claims, stating that there is no evidence of any such incident.
"No evidence of a plane crash has been found in the forest," said Jashpur Collector Rohit Vyas.
Air traffic controllers also denied that any aircraft lost contact in that region, reported NDTV quoting official.
"We have also spoken with the air traffic controllers in both Jharkhand and Odisha. Jharkhand authorities have clarified that no aircraft linked to their control system was flying in that region in a manner that would have resulted in a loss of contact. Odisha, too, has preliminarily denied any loss of contact with such an aircraft," Vyas said.
In February, at least seven people on board an air ambulance were killed after the aircraft crashed near Simaria in Chatra district of Jharkhand.
The aircraft was flying from Ranchi to Delhi at the time of the incident.
In December 2025, a trainer aircraft crashed in Seoni in Madhya Pradesh after hitting a 33kV high voltage power line, resulting in injuries to the pilot and another occupant.
The incident involving the aircraft belonging to Redward Aviation Company took place at 6:25 pm near the fields in Amagon, some 2 kilometres away from the Suktara airstrip on Seoni-Nagpur National Highway number 44.
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