India, Jan. 29 -- The Century Mills Kamgar MHADA colony in Prabhadevi was enveloped in gloom on Wednesday, with a notice at the entrance announcing the sudden death of 29-year-old Pinky Mali, and mourners thronging the apartment on the 18th floor where she lived with her parents.

Mali, a cabin crew member with the Kalina-based aviation firm VSR Aviation, was among five people who lost their lives when the chartered aircraft carrying deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar crashed at Baramati airport on Wednesday morning.

Her parents and two siblings first heard about the fatal crash on television around 10.30am.

"Our world collapsed when we heard the news," said her father Shivkumar Mali.

Pinky Mali had been working as a flight attendant for...