4-Member DGCA Team Visits Ajit Pawar Plane Crash Site

A four-member team of senior DGCA officials has visited the site of the plane crash that killed Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and four others last month near Baramati in Pune district. 

During their visit on Wednesday, they reviewed the CCTV camera footage and videos linked to the January 28 incident, said local officials. Ajit Pawar, Captain Sumit Kapoor, co-pilot Capt. 

Shambhavi Pathak, Personal Security Officer (PSO) Vidip Jadhav,



and flight attendant Pinky Mali were killed when the Learjet aircraft they were on board crashed near the Baramati airport in Pune district.

According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation after the death of Pawar and four others after the plane crash, Baramati has an 'uncontrolled airfield' (one without a dedicated Air Traffic Control), and traffic information is provided by instructors/pilots from the local flying training organisations.