'Oh s***': Last words from cockpit of Ajit Pawar's plane before fatal crash in Baramati

Maharashtra deputy CM and 5 others were killed in Baramati plane crash. (Image: X)

Two crew members in the cockpit of the plane that crashed in Maharashtra's Baramati were heard saying "oh s***" moments before the accident killed five people, including Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, on Wednesday.

Others who were killed included Pawar's personal security officer and a flight attendant and two cockpit crew, pilot-in-command Sumit Kapur and first officer Shambhavi Pathak.

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Narrating the chain of events, a senior official of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) privy to the matter told the NDTV that the "last words heard from the crew were 'oh s***''.

The pilots flying the jet informed ground control that they were not able to spot the Baramati airstrip before making a second landing attempt. They then confirmed that the runway was in sight. The flight was cleared for touchdown, seconds before it burst in a ball of flames, the civil aviation ministry said in a release on Wednesday.

According to the sources, ground control at Baramati is managed by pilot cadets from the town’s two private aviation academies, Redbird Aviation and Carver Aviation, who were in contact with the flight at the time. "The plane crashed significantly short of the runway threshold but well within the airstrip perimeter,” officials said, according to a report by India Today.

The Learjet 45, registered VT-SSK and flying in from Mumbai, lost control during its descent on Baramati Airport’s runway. Eyewitnesses described a horrific scene and said that the aircraft burst into flames upon impact in a nearby field, with four to five explosions rocking the site.