It then briefly disappears from view behind trees and buildings before a massive fireball suddenly erupts on the horizon.

A huge trail of smoke can subsequently be seen billowing from the crash site.

Other video clips show a huge cloud of black smoke filling the sky as distressed onlookers gather in the streets of the Indian city as chaos unfolds.

Footage taken from inside a hospital circulating on X shows medical staff rushing up and down corridors with stretchers as they prepare to treat passengers.

Shocking images also showed chunks of the plane’s fuselage and tail protruding from a demolished building.

Firefighters at the scene doused the smouldering piles of debris with their hoses as photos and videos taken by horrified residents in Meghani showed a huge plume of thick black smoke emanating from the crash site.

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