India, Jan. 29 -- Ajit Pawar dies in plane crash: Confusion surrounded the Learjet 45 aircraft carrying deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in Maharashtra's Baramati on Wednesday as it coordinated with the ground control staff to make a landing. The jet made two landing attempts as it initially failed to spot the runway.

Not so long after, the plane crashed, bursting into flames, leading to the deaths of Ajit Pawar, his security officer Vidip Jadhav, pilot-in-command Captain Sumit Kapur, first officer Captain Shambhavi Pathak and flight attendant Pinky Mali.

After the crash, the civil aviation ministry issued a release detailing the communication between the pilots flying the plane and the ATC on the ground. The ministry said that Baramati...