NEW DELHI (AP) – A private plane carrying a deputy chief minister crashed in an open field in western India on Wednesday, killing the official and four other people on board, aviation authorities said. There were no survivors.
The aircraft 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 some 254 kilometers (159 miles) from Mumbai. The reason for the crash was not immediately known. Television footage showed smoke rising from the wreckage.
Pawar, 66, was the deputy chief minister of India´s western Maharashtra state. He was traveling to Baramati to campaign in a local election when the privately-operated aircraft went down.
Two of his staffs and two crew members on board
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