India, Jan. 28 -- As investigators began piecing together the events that led up to the plane crash that killed Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday, attention turned to a 2023 aviation accident involving the same aircraft model - the Bombardier Learjet 45XR.

It's important to note that while the make of the aircraft was the same, the 2023 runway incursion in Mumbai involved a different small jet. Pawar was travelling in a Learjet 45 aircraft with the registration label VT-SSK. The aircraft involved in the earlier accident had the registration label VT-DBL. On Wednesday, Pawar's aircraft attempted to land in Baramati when it veered off the runway and split into two parts, according to preliminary information.

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