An aircraft carrying Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others, including two crew members crash landed at Baramati airport, killing all five persons on board, a senior DGCA official said on Wednesday.
Key Points
- Ajit Pawar, 4 others killed in plane crash
- The plane crashed while landing in Baramati in Mahaarshtra
- DGCA team heads to crash site
IMAGE: The site of the plane crash. Photograph: Screen grab/ANI video
A team of DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) officials is heading to the crash site, the official said.
There were five passengers -- Deputy CM of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar onboard along with two more personnel (one PSO and one attendant) and two crew members (pilot in-command and the first officer) -- on board the Learjet 45 aircraft when the accident happened, he said.
According to initial information, no person on board survived the crash, the official said.
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