India, Jan. 28 -- The captain of the aircraft, carrying Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others, spoke to Air Traffic Control (ATC) about the visible runway before going down in flames at Baramati on Wednesday, people aware of the matter said, and added that there was no SOS, or distress signal.

No person on board survived. Videos from the crash site showed billows of smoke from the plane's burning and scattered wreckage.

Pawar was scheduled to address a rural poll rally in his family stronghold of Baramati, 250 km from Mumbai.

Two flying schools, Redbird and Carver Aviation, operated the ATC at Baramati on alternate days. On Wednesday, Carver Aviation managed the ATC.

Pramesh Parikh, a Carver Aviation manager, sa...