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2026.01.28 12:15 GMT+8

Aircraft crash kills India's Maharashtra deputy chief minister, 4 others

Updated 2026.01.28 14:39 GMT+8
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Five people, including the deputy chief minister of India's western state of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar, and two pilots, on board an aircraft were killed Wednesday in a crash, officials said.

The small aircraft crashed while attempting to land at Baramati airport in Pune district, about 249 kilometers southeast of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra.

According to an initial report released by India's civil aviation watchdog, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), no person on board has survived the crash.

The other two passengers were a personal security officer and an attendant, according to the report from DGCA.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency
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