Mumbai, Jan. 29 -- It may be the bastion of one of India's most powerful political families.
But the airport in Maharashtra's Baramati, where a Learjet 45 carrying Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar and four others crashed on Wednesday morning, lacked basic navigation aids and a fire tender, and had an air traffic control run by pilot cadets from two local flying schools.
Indian airports are categorised under four groups: A, which is uncontrolled, under which Baramati falls. B, which is partially controlled, under which Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar or Jalgaon fall. C, which is fully controlled, and D, which is major controlled, like Mumbai and Delhi. P9
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