Baramati Plane Crash
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Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, along with four others, tragically died in a plane crash in Pune on January 28, 2026.
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The incident took place when the plane, carrying 66-year-old Pawar and others, trying to land near Baramati.
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Flight Radar data shows that the flight took off from Mumbai at 8:10 am and vanished from radar screens at around 8:45 am.
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Pawar was en route from Mumbai to Baramati to address public meetings as part of his campaign for the upcoming zilla parishad elections on February 5 in the state.
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According to a police official, five individuals were aboard when the plane went down at 8:50 am.
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The Learjet 45 (LJ45), a mid-size business jet aircraft produced by the Learjet Division of Bombardier Aerospace, went off the runway while attempting to land at Baramati airport and burst into flames.
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Locals gather after an aircraft carrying Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar crashed during landing at Baramati in the Pune district, Maharashtra.
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Firefighters at the site after an aircraft carrying Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar crashed during landing at Baramati in the Pune district.