Bhubaneswar, Jan. 29 -- A heartbreaking final phone call has surfaced following the Baramati plane crash that claimed the lives of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others. Flight attendant Pinky Mali's last conversation with her father, Shivkumar Mali, has left the nation shaken, capturing the quiet normalcy before an unimaginable tragedy.

Pinky, who lived in Worli, Mumbai, called her father before boarding the flight on Wednesday morning. "Papa, I am flying to Baramati with Ajit Pawar. After dropping him off, I will head to Nanded. We'll talk tomorrow," she told him. Shivkumar replied that they would speak after her work the next day, a call that never came.

A Father's Unbearable Loss

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