Visuals from the spot showed mangled remains of the aircraft.
Maharashtra deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar has died after his plane crashed before landing in Baramati on Wednesday morning.
Visuals from the spot showed mangled remains of the aircraft and police, emergency and other officials on site.
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Locals too were seen at the crash site, where smoke billowed from the crashed plane.
Pawar is among the five people killed in the plane crash that occurred during an emergency landing attempt, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation confirmed.
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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, an official said.
A team of DGCA officials is heading to the crash site, the official said.
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