Mumbai: The charter company VSR Ventures Pvt Ltd, whose Bombardier Learjet crashed at Baramati on Wednesday killing Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar (66) and four others, has a controversial past.

Details about the crash are sparse at the moment, with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) confirming that all on board, including Pawar and four others perished in the crash. Here's everything we know about the aircraft and its operator.

India's civil aviation directorate has disclosed that a Learjet 45 which crashed on approach to the uncontrolled Baramati airfield had already conducted a go-around owing to a lack of visual runway contact.

SSK, went down at Baramati while attempting to land. The occurrence report states that the jet “crash-landed at Baramati” and that “no person on board has survived the crash.”

Civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said there were no apparent safety concerns with VSR Ventures Private Ltd and the Learjet aircraft that was involved in a fatal air crash at Baramati on Wednesday. Five persons including Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar died in the accident.

The small charter aircraft, with Ajit Pawar on board, took off from Mumbai around 8 am and crashed near Baramati airport during a landing attempt 45 minutes later.

On this news bulletin, Rajdeep Sardesai leads a critical discussion regarding the tragic private aircraft crash in Baramati involving a Learjet 45. The programme features insights from Captain Thomas,