New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and several others died in a plane crash on Wednesday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said.

Kiran Gujar, a close aide of Ajit Pawar confirmed to Hindustan Times that the Maharashtra Dy CM had perished in the crash. Gujar is present at the local hospital to which the bodies of the crash victims were brought.

Pawar was on board at the time of the crash, along with two more personnel (1 PSO and 1 attendant) and two crew (PIC+FO) members, as per the DGCA.

The aviation watchdog said that there were no survivors, adding that the aircraft was a Learjet 45 operated by VSR.

The plane, which was on its way from Mumbai to Baramati, crash-landed at its destinatio...