According to the sources Junagarh MLA Captain Dibya Shankar Mishra and founder of Air Odisha Santosh Pani were aboard the plane.
Air Odisha already started its operations to four cities, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Sambalpur and Jeypore on January 19. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had flagged off the intra-state flight from Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar.