US EditionTilting to left and then crash… The moments before Ajit Pawar’s plane crashed and turned into a fireball
- MoCA announced that its teams recovered the Learjet 45 aircraft's black box and launched a thorough, transparent, time-bound probe per SOPs.
- After taking off from Mumbai at 8.10 am, the flight attempted a visual approach to Baramati runway 11 around 8.36 am, executed a go-around due to poor visibility, then was cleared to land but gave no read-back before crashing.
- Investigators recovered the Cockpit Voice Recorder and Flight Data Recorder, CCTV footage shows the Learjet tilting left and losing altitude at 8.44 am, and ADS‑B transmissions stopped with last crew words reported as `oh s***`.
- Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was among five who died, Pune Rural Police registered an Accidental Death Report to be handed to the Maharashtra CID, and a state funeral was organised at Vidya Pratishthan, Baramati with a three-day mourning period.
- Under Rules 5 and 11 of the AAIB Rules, 2025, the AAIB has taken over the investigation, with teams reaching the site on the same day and MoCA pledging a timely probe completion.
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