Shivkumar Mali, the father of crew member Pinki Mali, who tragically lost her life in the charter plane crash in Baramati, has expressed serious doubts regarding the circumstances surrounding Ajit Pawar's death.
The aircraft was flown in by an all-women pilot crew, Captain Svetlana Pereira and First Officer Karen Noronha, from Seattle, USA, to Bengaluru, India, with stopovers in Keflavik, Iceland, and Larnaca, Cyprus.
A chartered aircraft flying from Mumbai to Baramati crash-landed at around 8.45 am on Wednesday, killing all five people on board. The deceased included Ajit Pawar, his personal security officer, a flight attendant and two crew members, including pilot Vidip Jadhav.
Speaking to reporters in Jaunpur on Wednesday, Pinki Mali's grandmother said the family received the devastating news around 9.30 am. She said the shock was overwhelming for the family, especially Pinki's parents, who broke down upon learning that their daughter was no more.
An Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) team has left for Maharashtra's Baramati to investigate the aircraft crash, which claimed the lives of five individuals, including Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and crew members, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said on Wednesd
A special team of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) will investigate the aircraft crash in Baramati, which took away the lives of five individuals, including Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and crew members.
According to DGCA, five people, including the crew, on board the chartered plane flying from Mumbai, Maharashtra, to Baramati died after a crash-landing at 8.45 am this morning. The crash landing of the Mumbai-Baramati charter plane occurred at the runway threshold in Baramati.
Patekar, who arrived to join the cast and crew for the trailer launch, had to wait for an hour before leaving the venue, revealed filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj.
Speaking to ANI, Dhar said, "Around 12 noon today, a microlight aircraft of the IAF with two crew, which was on a training mission, conducted an emergency landing. The two crew are safe, and a court of inquiry has been ordered."