Fresh CCTV footage has surfaced showing the final moments of the aircraft crash that killed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others near Baramati on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. The footage, captured by a CCTV camera installed at a house in the Gojubavi gram panchayat area, shows the small jet descending rapidly near a temple before vanishing from view. Seconds later, a fireball and a thick column of smoke rise from the crash site. The footage captures the aircraft losing control, flipping mid-air and plunging toward the ground moments before impact.
Earlier in the day, another video emerged showing the aircraft coming down steeply, followed by a sudden flash as it hit the ground. Thick plumes of dark smoke can be seen rising from the crash site and quickly spreading across the area.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation and will be determined after recovery of the aircraft’s black box — which includes the Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder — will be analysed after it is recovered.
Pawar was travelling from Mumbai to Pune district to attend a series of public meetings ahead of the Feb. 5 zilla parishad elections. The aircraft also carried pilot Captain Sumit Kapoor, co-pilot Captain Shambhavi Pathak, personal security officer Vidip Jadhav and flight attendant Pinky Mali. All five on board were killed. Following Ajit Pawar’s death, Maharashtra will observe three days of state mourning.