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AAIB seeks US assistance to retrieve cockpit voice recorder data from Baramati crash

Both recorders from the Learjet 45 that crashed near Baramati on 28 January sustained fire damage; the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterFirst reported Jan 28, 2026, 6:43 a.m. ETWritten Aug 9, 2026, 10:23 p.m. ET

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's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has sought assistance from the Accredited Representative of the State of Manufacture, the United States, for specialised support in retrieving data from the cockpit voice recorder of the that crashed near , Maharashtra, on 28 January 2026, The Economic Times reported. The investigation remains open and the cause has not been determined. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others were killed in the crash, according to The Economic Times. The aircraft was registered and operated by , the outlet reported. Aircraft registry records list as a Learjet, a twin-engine jet landplane registered in . The AAIB said both flight recorders were exposed to intense heat for a prolonged period and sustained fire damage, per the same report. The Digital Flight Data Recorder, manufactured by L3-Communications, was successfully downloaded at the AAIB's Flight Recorder Laboratory, while the Cockpit Voice Recorder, manufactured by Honeywell, is undergoing detailed technical examination. The AAIB said the investigation is being conducted under the Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Rules, 2017 and ICAO Annex 13, and asked stakeholders to avoid speculation. Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said the preliminary report would be released soon. This is a developing story.

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From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.

Registration
VT-SSK
Type
LEARJET — twin-engine jet landplane
Terrain elevation
1,873 ft
Nearest aerodrome
9.0 miles W of Baramati Airport (IN-0024)

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