<p>Police have lodged an accidental death report (ADR) following the aircraft crash in Baramati that killed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/plane-carrying-maharashtra-deputy-cm-ajit-pawar-crash-lands-in-maharashtras-baramati-23614019" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Ajit Pawar</a> and four others, officials said on Wednesday, reported news PTI.</p>
<p>Pawar, 66, was among five occupants of a chartered aircraft that went down on Wednesday morning, barely 200 metres from the edge of the tabletop runway at Baramati airport in Pune district.</p>
<p>&ldquo;A case of accidental death has been registered at the Baramati taluka police station,&rdquo; a senior officer from the Pune rural police confirmed, reported PTI.</p>
<h2>ADR likely to be transferred to CID after AAIB findings</h2>
<p>As per established protocol, the ADR will be transferred to the Maharashtra Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which will carry out its inquiry based on the findings of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/ajit-pawar-death-aircraft-accident-investigation-bureau-to-probe-plane-crash-in-baramati-23614064" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau</a> (AAIB). The AAIB, functioning under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, has already assumed charge of the technical investigation into the crash, reported PTI.</p>
<p>A senior CID official said investigations involving the death of a prominent public figure in an accident are typically handled by the CID. &ldquo;Formal orders are yet to be issued, but it is likely that the CID will be directed to probe the ADR registered by the local police,&rdquo; the official told PTI.</p>
<h2>Pawar was on way to Pune district meetings ahead of ZP polls</h2>
<p>Ajit Pawar, who headed the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/ajit-pawars-death-will-spark-leadership-crisis-in-maharashtra-ncp-for-future-political-analysts-23614096" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Nationalist Congress Party</a> (NCP), had departed from Mumbai earlier in the day and was scheduled to address four public meetings in Pune district ahead of the February 5 Zilla Parishad elections.</p>
<h2>Crew members and aide among four other victims</h2>
<p>Those who lost their lives along with Pawar included pilot Captain Sumit Kapoor, who had logged over 15,000 flying hours, co-pilot Captain Shambhavi Pathak with around 1,500 hours of experience, Pawar&rsquo;s personal security officer Vidip Jadhav, and flight attendant Pinky Mali.</p>
<h2>Go-around due to poor visibility; no response after final clearance</h2>
<p>In a statement, the government outlined the sequence of events leading up to the crash. The Learjet aircraft was initially forced to make a go-around due to poor visibility and was later cleared to land at <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/ajit-pawar-death-poor-visibility-and-missed-readback-raise-questions-on-baramati-plane-crash-23614138" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Baramati</a>. However, after the final clearance was issued, air traffic control did not receive any acknowledgment from the cockpit, and moments later the aircraft caught fire near the runway edge.</p>
<p><strong>(With inputs from PTI)</strong></p>

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