New Delhi/Mumbai, Jan. 29 -- A plane carrying Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar crashed on Wednesday morning while attempting to land at Baramati airport in Maharashtra and burst into flames, the civil aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said. Pawar was travelling from Mumbai to his hometown Baramati when the plane went down near the runway threshold, killing all five people on board. The Learjet 45 aircraft, officials said, had Pawar along with a personal security officer (PSO) and an attendant and two crew members, including the pilot-in-command and the first officer. Besides Ajit Pawar, his security staff Vidhit Jadhav, two pilots Sumit Kapur and Shambhavi Pathak, and one person Pinki Jadhav died in the plane crash. The aircraft, registered as VT SSK, was operating a flight from Mumbai to Baramati when it crash-landed near the threshold of runway 11 at 8:48am, according to initial information shared by airport officials. "The aircraft crashed at the threshold of runway 11 at 0848 IST and burst into flames. There are no survivors," a Mumbai airport official said, requesting anonymity. The Learjet 45 was operated by VSR, a Delhi-based operator. Also Read: Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra deputy CM, dies in Baramati plane crash An airport official from Baramati confirmed that the aircraft crash landed at the runway threshold and caught fire immediately after impact. "The aircraft burst into flames following the crash landing. No person on board has survived," the official said. "A team of DGCA officials from Delhi have left to reach the accident spot," a civil aviation ministry official said. Eye witnesses said that the plane was unstable towards the approach and was already in flames before crash landing, however no officials have confirmed this. The aircraft was trying to land amid poor visibility, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu told reporters in Pune. The statement by his ministry recounted the final minutes of the ill-fated Learjet 45 belonging to VSR Ventures Pvt Ltd that crashed, leading to the death of all five persons on board, including Pawar. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has taken over the investigation, the statement said. VSR Ventures' fleet includes seven Learjet 45 aircraft (including the one involved in the crash), five Embraer 135BJ aircraft, four King Air B200 aircraft and one Pilatus PC-12 aircraft, the statement said. According to Flight Radar, the aircraft took off from Mumbai at 8.10 am and disappeared from radar around 8.45 am. The aircraft crashed a minute later, police said. There were five passengers, including Pawar, his Personal Security Officer and an attendant, along with two crew members (pilot in-command and the first officer) on board, a DGCA official said. Superintendent of Police, Sandip Singh Gill, said that after the crash, there was a fire. "People onboard were immediately taken to the hospital," he said. Pawar is survived by wife Sunetra, a member of the Rajya Sabha and two sons, Parth and Jay. His Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) had contested the recent municipal corporation elections in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad in alliance with his uncle Sharad Pawar's NCP (SP). President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and several other leaders expressed grief over Pawar's demise. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who reached Baramati, described Ajit Pawar's tragic death as unbelievable, and said he had lost a good friend. According to an eyewitness, the ill-fated aircraft appeared "a bit unstable in the air" and exploded the moment it crashed on the ground. Another eyewitness said the aircraft burst into flames after the crash. Maharashtra government declared a three-day state mourning till January 30, during which the national flag will be flown at half-mast on all buildings. Ajit Pawar's last rites will be held with full state honours on Thursday in Baramati. Modi and Shah are expected to attend the funeral, which will be held at Vidya Pratishthan ground at 11 am, the Nationalist Congress Party said. NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar visited the Baramati airport and also the medical college where Ajit Pawar's body was taken from the crash site. The NCP founder's daughter Supriya Sule, Lok Sabha member from Baramati, appeared inconsolable over her cousin's tragic demise....