Why nobody saw plane carrying Ajit Pawar hit trees, asks NCP minister Chhagan Bhujbal

The Learjet 45 aircraft crashed in Baramati on January 28, killing all the five persons on board including then Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Ajit Pawar.

Mumbai: Senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday asked that why wasn't the plane carrying former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar which hit trees before crashing in Baramati seen by anyone, which was also a finding in the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB).

All the five people on board a Learjet 45 aircraft including Pawar were killed after the plane crashed in Baramati on January 28.

Talking to reporters, Bhujbal said, "I am surprised. If the plane hit the trees, someone would have seen it."

CCTV footage from cameras installed in a nearby village showed the aircraft banking rightward and hitting some trees before crashing to the ground which is at a lower elevation than the runway surface, according to the AAIB's preliminary report.

(With PTI inputs)