The eight passengers are admitted to the Criticare Asia Hospital in Mumbai’s Andheri East.

Eight people including pilot and co-pilot were injured after a private aircraft veered off the runway at the Mumbai airport on Thursday.“VSR Ventures Learjet 45 aircraft VT-DBL operating flight from Vizag to Mumbai was involved in runway excursion (veer off) while landing on runway 27 at Mumbai airport. There were 06 passengers and 02 crew member on board.Visibility was 700 metres with heavy rain”, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said in a statement.

As informed by MFB and Airport Duty Officer a small private Jet Plane VTDBL (6 passengers and 2 crew on board)skidded off the runway and crashed thereafter at Domestic Airport while landing”, the statement said.

The eight passengers are admitted to the Criticare Asia Hospital in Mumbai’s Andheri East. Co-pilot Neil Diwan has sustained major injuries and will urgently undergo an operation in Criticare Asia hospital.

“We are taking Diwan for an urgent operation”, Dr Deepak Namjoshi, owner of the hospital said.

Diwan has burst fracture of D12 with paraplegia, sternal fracture with anterior mediastinal haemmorage and continous laccerated wounds, while the pilot in command Sunil Bhat had injuries on his forehead, left upper lip, multiple abraisons over right leg and fracture of L1 vertebra.