A private plane carrying a senior state official has crashed in western India, killing all five people on board. The aircraft was traveling from Mumbai to Baramati when it crash-landed on Wednesday and burst into flames near the runway. India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has launched .
A private plane carrying a senior state official crashed in western India on Wednesday, killing all five people on board, aviation authorities said.
The Learjet 45 was en route from India’s financial capital of Mumbai to Ajit Pawar’s home city Baramati when it crash-landed and burst into flames in an open field near the runway, 254 kilometers (159 miles) from Mumbai. Television footage showed smoke rising from the wreckage.
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Local media cited poor visibility as a possible cause of the crash, which is being investigated by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau.
