Ajit Pawar plane crash: DGCA says no person on board survived

Mumbai, Jan 28: 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.

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. (PTI)

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