<p>Mumbai: Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/ajit-pawar">Ajit Pawar</a> and four others died in a plane crash in Baramati district on Wednesday. He was 66.</p><p>He is survived by wife, Sunetra Pawar, a Rajya Sabha member, and sons Parth Pawar and Jay Pawar.</p><p>NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar, his daughter and Baramati MP Supriya Sule and top leaders of the NCP and NCP (SP) are rushing to Baramati. </p>.Baramati plane crash LIVE updates | Pilot mentioned poor visibility before landing: Reports .<p>Popularly known as Dada, Ajit Pawar was a one-time MP from Baramati and eight-time MLA from Baramati.</p>.<p>A pall of gloom descended on Baramati, the bastion of the Pawar family.</p><p>Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde are rushing to the spot. </p><p>Fadnavis briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah about the incident. </p><p>According to latest reports, Ajit Pawar was on board a LearJet 45, numbered VTSSK/LJ45, and was chartered from Mumbai to Baramati, where he was to addresses four meetings and rallies in the run-up to the zilla parishad and panchayat samiti elections.</p><p>Pawar was on board along with one staff member, one PSO, as well as two crew members — the Captain and the First Officer.</p><p>The plane crashed while landing at the Baramati airport. The wreckage was badly scattered.</p><p>All five were pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital. </p><p>The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered a probe into the crash.</p>
<p>Mumbai: Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/ajit-pawar">Ajit Pawar</a> and four others died in a plane crash in Baramati district on Wednesday. He was 66.</p><p>He is survived by wife, Sunetra Pawar, a Rajya Sabha member, and sons Parth Pawar and Jay Pawar.</p><p>NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar, his daughter and Baramati MP Supriya Sule and top leaders of the NCP and NCP (SP) are rushing to Baramati. </p>.Baramati plane crash LIVE updates | Pilot mentioned poor visibility before landing: Reports .<p>Popularly known as Dada, Ajit Pawar was a one-time MP from Baramati and eight-time MLA from Baramati.</p>.<p>A pall of gloom descended on Baramati, the bastion of the Pawar family.</p><p>Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde are rushing to the spot. </p><p>Fadnavis briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah about the incident. </p><p>According to latest reports, Ajit Pawar was on board a LearJet 45, numbered VTSSK/LJ45, and was chartered from Mumbai to Baramati, where he was to addresses four meetings and rallies in the run-up to the zilla parishad and panchayat samiti elections.</p><p>Pawar was on board along with one staff member, one PSO, as well as two crew members — the Captain and the First Officer.</p><p>The plane crashed while landing at the Baramati airport. The wreckage was badly scattered.</p><p>All five were pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital. </p><p>The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered a probe into the crash.</p>
