US EditionAjit Pawar Death: CID Begins Probe Into Baramati Plane Crash
The inquiry will be completed under a strict timeline, with the Black Box recovered and aviation agencies actively investigating the crash near Baramati airport.
- On Wednesday , a chartered aircraft crashed at Baramati airport in Pune district, killing Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others.
- The airstrip is licensed as an NSOP training strip, and officials noted NSOP strips for Flying Training Organisations require different firefighting and licensing standards when certified for commercial use.
- AAIB and DGCA investigators arrived at the site, recovered the Black Box, and confirmed the formal investigation is underway.
- Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu said on Thursday that the probe will follow a time-bound approach and the Civil Aviation Ministry confirmed the investigation is underway after the Maharashtra government wrote to the Centre.
- Flight Time Limitations are already being implemented, and the minister said India is considered one of the safest countries for aviation safety protocols.
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This viral photo does not show Captain Sumit Kapoor, who was the pilot of the aircraft carrying Ajit Pawar that crashed in Baramati
On the morning of 28 January 2026, a private aircraft carrying Nationalist Congress Party leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar crashed while attempting to land in Baramati, Maharashtra. All five people on board were reported dead. Following this, a post has gone viral on social media (here, here, and here) claiming to show a photograph of Captain Sumit Kapoor, who was the pilot of the aircraft carrying Ajit Pawar that crashed …
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