New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Hours after a routine election rally trip turned fatal for Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar when the chartered plane he was travelling in crashed during landing at Baramati airport, the poignant details of the final moments of the NCP chief and four others have come to light. The Ministry of Civil Aviation, detailed in a press release, the sequence of events just as the Learjet 45 aircraft was approaching the Baramati airport runway for landing.

According to the ministry, the pilot had shared with the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) about the poor visibility around the runway. The ATC told the investigators that after reporting "no sight of runway," but later informed the person manning ATC that the runway ...