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Learjet 45 aircraft of VSR Ventures Pvt. Ltd. with registration VT-SSK was involved in an air accident at Baramati while operating a flight for sector “Mumbai-Baramati” on 28 January , 2026.
There were a total of 05 persons on board including 02 crew members. The passengers included Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar. According to the DGCA, all the occupants of the aircrafts received fatal injuries.
Sequence of event leading to the crash:
Baramati is an uncontrolled airfield and traffic information is provided by the instructors/Pilot from the Flying training Organisations at Baramati. As per the statement of the person manning the ATC following are the sequence of events:
On 28th January 2026 the aircraft VI-SSK first came in contact with Baramati at 0818 IST.
The aircraft’s next call was at 30 NM inbound to Baramati and they were released by Pune approach. They were advised to descend in Visual Meteorological conditions at pilot’s discretion.
The crew enquired about the winds and visibility and they were informed that the winds were calm and visibility was around 3000 mts.
Next the aircraft reported on the final approach of Runway 11 and the runway was not in sight to them. They initiated a go-around in the first approach.
After Go Around, the aircraft was asked about its position and crew reported on final approach of runway 11.
They were asked to report runway in sight. They replied “runway is currently not in sight, will call when runway is in sight”. After a few seconds they reported that the runway is in sight.
The aircraft was cleared to land on runway 11 at 0843IST, however, they did not give a readback of the landing clearance.
Next, the ATC saw the flames around the threshold of runway 11 at 0844 IST. The emergency services then rushed to the crash site.
The wreckage of the aircraft is located on the left side of the runway abeam threshold R/W 11.
AAIB has taken over the investigation, DGCA said in a statement that further details of the incident will be shared as and when available.
