India, Jan. 28 -- A Learjet 45 business jet carrying Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others crashed while attempting to land at Baramati Airport early Wednesday morning. The aircraft, operating from Mumbai to Baramati for a planned political event, went down near the runway threshold and burst into flames, killing everyone on board. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) confirmed there were no survivors.

Visuals and eyewitness accounts from the site showed the wreckage amid fire and smoke, with emergency responders trying to secure the area.

The Learjet 45 involved in the crash was owned and operated by VSR Ventures Pvt Ltd, a Delhi-based private aviation company. Official reports and early confirmations...