India, Jan. 28 -- Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, died in a tragic plane crash on Wednesday as he was headed to Baramati where the 66-year-old leader was scheduled to address four public meetings ahead of the Zilla Parishad elections. Track updates on Ajit Pawar's death

Pawar's plane was carrying five passengers when it crashed while making a second landing attempt in Baramati. Others who died in the crash have been identified pilots Sumit Kapoor and Shambhavi Pathak, Mumbai PSO HC and Pawar's security staff Vidhit Jadhav along with flight attendant Pinky Mali.

Pawar was flying onboard an civil aircraft that has had a patchy track record. The plane, according to the DGCA, was Le...