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Six people have died after a chartered plane crashed in a busy financial district in Mumbai.

Four people including the plane's pilot have died and two pedestrians were also killed in the crash on Thursday.

The crash happened in the busy Ghatkopar area of Mumbai.

Police say the plane came down near a multi-storey building under construction.

Mumbai Plane Crash - In pictures 10 show all Mumbai Plane Crash - In pictures 1/10 Rescuers stand amid the wreckage of a private chartered plane that crashed in Ghatkopar area, Mumbai, India AP 2/10 Six people have died after a chartered plane crashed in a busy financial district in Mumbai AP 3/10 Firefighters inspect the scene of the crash at a financial district of Mumbai REUTERS 4/10 Rescuers spray water on the wreckage of a private chartered plane. Six people including two pedestrians were killed in the crash. AP 5/10 Images from the scene of the incident showed parts of the wreckage burning on the ground Reuters 6/10 The place is a 12 seater Beechcraft King Air C90 and belongs to UY aviation AP 7/10 Firefighters inspect the site of the plane crash in Mumbai Reuters 8/10 India's directorate general of civil aviation said in a statement that it was sending a team to investigate the cause of the crash AFP/Getty Images 9/10 Rescuers stand amid the wreckage of a private chartered plane that crashed in Ghatkopar area, Mumbai, India AP 10/10 Six people were killed after the plane crashed into a financial district in Mumbai AFP/Getty Images 1/10 Rescuers stand amid the wreckage of a private chartered plane that crashed in Ghatkopar area, Mumbai, India AP 2/10 Six people have died after a chartered plane crashed in a busy financial district in Mumbai AP 3/10 Firefighters inspect the scene of the crash at a financial district of Mumbai REUTERS 4/10 Rescuers spray water on the wreckage of a private chartered plane. Six people including two pedestrians were killed in the crash. AP 5/10 Images from the scene of the incident showed parts of the wreckage burning on the ground Reuters 6/10 The place is a 12 seater Beechcraft King Air C90 and belongs to UY aviation AP 7/10 Firefighters inspect the site of the plane crash in Mumbai Reuters 8/10 India's directorate general of civil aviation said in a statement that it was sending a team to investigate the cause of the crash AFP/Getty Images 9/10 Rescuers stand amid the wreckage of a private chartered plane that crashed in Ghatkopar area, Mumbai, India AP 10/10 Six people were killed after the plane crashed into a financial district in Mumbai AFP/Getty Images

Local news reports say that the plane crashed as the pilot was attempting to land.

Images from the site of the incident showed parts of the wreckage burning on the ground.

The Press Trust of India said the 12-seat Beechcraft King Air C90 crashed after taking off on a test flight from Mumbai's Juhu airstrip, which is used by small planes and is some distance from the city's main airport.

According to India Today, the plane belongs to UY aviation, a Mumbai based company. It was earlier owned by the Uttar Pradesh government.

​Civil aviation minister Suresh Prabhu has ordered an investigation into the crash.