Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and 4 others have been killed within the deadly crash of the VSR Ventures-owned aircraft on January 28. File
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Plane accidents probe company AAIB on Tuesday (February 17, 2026) stated particular help has been hunted for retrieval of information from the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of the Learjet 45 aircraft that crashed close to Baramati final month.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and 4 others have been killed within the deadly crash of the VSR Ventures-owned aircraft on January 28.
In a press release, the Plane Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) stated the plane was outfitted with two impartial flight recorders.
Each recorders have been uncovered to intense warmth for a protracted interval through the accident and sustained hearth harm, it stated.
In accordance with AAIB, the Digital Flight Information Recorder (DFDR), manufactured by L3-Communications, has been efficiently downloaded at its Flight Recorder Laboratory.
“The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), manufactured by Honeywell, is present process detailed technical examination. Help has been sought from the Accredited Consultant of the State of Manufacture for specialised help in information retrieval,” the probe company stated.
On this case, the state of manufacture is the U.S..
Requesting all stakeholders to keep away from hypothesis, AAIB stated it was diligently following all prescribed technical and procedural protocols to make sure a complete, goal and evidence-based investigation.
It additionally stated the investigation was being performed strictly in accordance with the Plane (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Guidelines, 2017 and the worldwide requirements and advisable practices of ICAO (Worldwide Civil Aviation Group) Annex 13.
Final week, Civil Aviation Minister Okay Rammohan Naidu stated the preliminary report on the crash of the Learjet 45 plane VT-SSK could be launched quickly.
Revealed – February 17, 2026 12:51 pm IST
