Ajit Pawar air crash: 'Black box not easily destroyed', son Jay seeks probe into 'lapses'

Pune: In an update on the unfortunate air crash that killed late deputy CM Ajit Pawar, there's a demand for a thorough probe. Jay Pawar, the younger son of the politician has demanded probe into the "possible serious lapses" while stressing that an aircraft's black box cannot get destroyed easily.

"The black box cannot get destroyed easily. The people of Maharashtra have the right to know the transparent and whole truth of the crash," Jay Pawar said in a social media post on Wednesday.

Alongside demanding a probe, Jay also sought a ban on VSR Ventures Private Limited, the aviation company that operated the ill-fated Learjet 45XR plane which crashed near the Baramati.

He said, "A detailed investigation of possible serious lapses and irregularities of the aircraft firm should be done in a detailed and impartial manner."

Notably, Jay's remarks surface a day after Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar and leaders from the NCP met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and demanded a CBI probe into the plane crash.

The aircraft accident probe agency, AAIB, has said that special support has been sought for the retrieval of data from the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of the Learjet 45 plane involved in the fatal crash.

(With PTI inputs)