According to the MoCA, the AAIB will inspect the wreckage of the charter plane and investigate the exact cause of the crash landing.
A team of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has left for Maharashtra to investigate the crash of state Deputy CM and NCP leader Ajit Pawar’s charter plane in Baramati, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) said on Wednesday.
According to the MoCA, the AAIB will inspect the wreckage of the charter plane and investigate the exact cause of the crash landing.
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Five people, including Ajit Pawar, were killed after the charter plane carrying them crash landed near the runway threshold at the Baramati airport.
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According to preliminary reports, the pilot fyling the charter plane didn’t send any distress signal. He, however, spoke to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) telling them about the visible runway before the plane went down in flames.
Eyewitnesses said the pilot did a go-around, a normal procedure before approaching the runway.
An eyewitness told news agency ANI that the aircraft appeared unstable as it descended.
“I saw it with my eyes. This is really painful. When the aircraft descended, it seemed it would crash, and it did crash. It then exploded. There was a massive explosion. After that, we rushed here and saw that the aircraft was on fire,” he said.
The aircraft involved in this crash was a Learjet 45XR. It is mid-size business jet commonly used for private and chartered travel. It was owned and operated by VSR Ventures Private Limited which is one of India’s largest non-scheduled aircraft operators.
The aircraft that crashed belonged to VSR Ventures Private Limited, a Delhi-based aviation company founded and owned by VK Singh.
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