<p class="title">At least 40 labourers had a narrow escape as they went for their lunch break minutes before a chartered plane crashed into an under-construction building in the bustling Ghatkopar area yesterday.</p>.<p class="bodytext"> Five people -- four crew members and a pedestrian -- lost their lives when the King Air C90 plane crashed into the crowded suburb at 1.11 pm.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The labourers of the under-construction building where the ill-fated plane crashed, had gone away for lunch, which averted more casualties.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Three construction workers received minor injuries in the incident and were admitted to a civic hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Labourer Naresh Nishad, who sustained injuries on his face said, "We had a lucky escape as we were not present at the site as it was our lunch time. Othlunchtime would have met the same fate."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I don't know where the plane came from. I saw some burning pieces coming towards me and heard explosions," Nishad, who hails from Chhattisgarh, added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another labourer said, "There was light rain at that time which made us seek shelter for our lunch. We went to another under-construction building in the same compound. But generally, we used to have our food at the very place where the tragedy struck."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another daily wage worker, Lavkush, who came to Mumbai from Allahabad, received a minor abrasion in his right leg.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Everything was quite normal and then suddenly the entire compound was filled with smoke and flames. I'm lucky that I was not present at the construction site...I'm alive today," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police officials also agreed that due to the lunch break several lives were saved.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"People were lucky that the plane crashed at the under-construction site and not into any other nearby high-rise. The labourers working at the site were fortunate as they were away for lunch. Otherwise, the tragedy would have been bigger," a police official present at the spot yesterday said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The plane once belonged to the Uttar Pradesh government and was sold to UY Aviation, a private company.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The aircraft had taken off from the Juhu airstrip on a test flight. It lost control when it was four nautical miles from Juhu, Air Traffic Control (ATC) sources had said. </p>
<p class="title">At least 40 labourers had a narrow escape as they went for their lunch break minutes before a chartered plane crashed into an under-construction building in the bustling Ghatkopar area yesterday.</p>.<p class="bodytext"> Five people -- four crew members and a pedestrian -- lost their lives when the King Air C90 plane crashed into the crowded suburb at 1.11 pm.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The labourers of the under-construction building where the ill-fated plane crashed, had gone away for lunch, which averted more casualties.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Three construction workers received minor injuries in the incident and were admitted to a civic hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Labourer Naresh Nishad, who sustained injuries on his face said, "We had a lucky escape as we were not present at the site as it was our lunch time. Othlunchtime would have met the same fate."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I don't know where the plane came from. I saw some burning pieces coming towards me and heard explosions," Nishad, who hails from Chhattisgarh, added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another labourer said, "There was light rain at that time which made us seek shelter for our lunch. We went to another under-construction building in the same compound. But generally, we used to have our food at the very place where the tragedy struck."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another daily wage worker, Lavkush, who came to Mumbai from Allahabad, received a minor abrasion in his right leg.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Everything was quite normal and then suddenly the entire compound was filled with smoke and flames. I'm lucky that I was not present at the construction site...I'm alive today," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police officials also agreed that due to the lunch break several lives were saved.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"People were lucky that the plane crashed at the under-construction site and not into any other nearby high-rise. The labourers working at the site were fortunate as they were away for lunch. Otherwise, the tragedy would have been bigger," a police official present at the spot yesterday said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The plane once belonged to the Uttar Pradesh government and was sold to UY Aviation, a private company.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The aircraft had taken off from the Juhu airstrip on a test flight. It lost control when it was four nautical miles from Juhu, Air Traffic Control (ATC) sources had said. </p>