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"Can't Eat, Sleep": Jabalpur Boat Pilot To NDTV On Tragedy That Killed 9
- Saturday May 2, 2026
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Srishti Kapoor
Boat pilot Mahesh Patel said the dismissal will also affect his family, which had been surviving solely on the low salary he earned from the job.
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Air India Pilot Dies Of Heart Attack In Bali During Scheduled Rest
- Thursday April 30, 2026
- India News | Press Trust India
The first officer, who was nearly 40 years old, operated a flight from Delhi to Bali on Tuesday, according to an airline official.
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Pilots Have Final Say: VVIP Flight Rules Tightened After Ajit Pawar Crash
- Friday March 27, 2026
- India News | Reported by Tanushka Dutta
The move comes amid rising concerns over safety lapses in VIP and election flying, especially after the death of Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others in a plane crash this January.
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www.ndtv.com
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Woman Dies Soon After Takeoff On British Airways Flight, Passengers Spend 13 Hours With Body On Plane
- Sunday March 22, 2026
- World News | Edited by Ritu Singh
Despite the death, the pilots decided to continue the journey to Heathrow Airport rather than diverting or returning to Hong Kong.
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Crash That Killed Ajit Pawar Was One Of Many: NDTV Checks 10-Year Data
- Monday March 2, 2026
- India News | Reported by Bismee Taskin Islam
In 2016, an air ambulance operating from Patna to Delhi went down in Najafgarh. Unlike the Red Airways crash that killed all seven on board, everyone in this accident survived. The pilots were hailed as heroes for averting a disaster.
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"Ajit Era Will Never End": Rohit Pawar Warns Against 'Whitewash' In Crash Probe
- Friday February 27, 2026
- India News | Reported by Saurabh Vaktania
In a significant political meeting lasting over an hour and fifteen minutes, NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar met MNS chief Raj Thackeray to discuss the recent accident involving late deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar.
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"100% Sure It's Conspiracy": Rohit Pawar On Uncle Ajit's Plane Crash Death
- Tuesday February 10, 2026
- India News | Reported by Radhika Ramaswamy, Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Rohit Pawar, leader of the Sharad Pawar faction of the NCP and grand nephew of the veteran politician, today said the death of his uncle and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on January 26 could have been the result of a conspiracy.
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www.ndtv.com
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Sunetra Pawar Didn't Believe Ajit Pawar News. Got Video Call From Crash Site
- Tuesday February 3, 2026
- India News | Reported by Jitendra Dixit, Edited by Samiran Mishra
The phone call that reached Sunetra Pawar on January 28 morning was brief, and initially impossible for her to accept.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Possible Pilot Misjudgement Amid Low Visibility": Sources On Ajit Pawar Crash
- Thursday January 29, 2026
- India News | Reported by Bismee Taskin Islam, Edited by Chandrajit Mitra
A possible pilot misjudgement while landing amid poor visibility may have led to the plane crash that killed Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others yesterday, sources have said.
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Ajit Pawar's Old X Post On Women Pilots Resurfaces After Plane Crash
- Thursday January 29, 2026
- India News | Edited by Manjiri Chitre
Ajit Pawar and four others died when their aircraft crashed nearly 100 metres from the edge of a tabletop runway at Baramati airport in Pune district.
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Ajit Pawar Plane Pilot Didn't Give 'Readback', Says Centre. What Is It?
- Wednesday January 28, 2026
- India News | NDTV News Desk
A Civil Aviation Ministry statement outlined the sequence of events leading to the crash, including a potentially worrying point that the pilot 'did not give readback of landing clearance', i.e., there was no message, as is protocol worldwide.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pilot Shambhavi Pathak Among 5 Dead In Plane Crash That Killed Ajit Pawar
- Wednesday January 28, 2026
- India News | Edited by Aastha Ahuja
Shambhavi Pathak was operating the VSR Ventures Learjet 45, registered as VT-SSK, along with Pilot Captain Sumit Kapur.
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Ajit Pawar Dies In Plane Crash: Here's Why He Was Flying To Baramati
- Wednesday January 28, 2026
- India News | Edited by Aastha Ahuja
According to reports, Pawar was to attend four important public meetings ahead of the local body polls next month.
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Ajit Pawar Dies In Plane Crash: What We Know About The Aircraft
- Wednesday January 28, 2026
- India News | Edited by Ritu Singh
The small aircraft involved was a privately operatedchartered planethat had departed from Mumbai for a series of scheduled political rallies.
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Ajit Pawar Dies In Plane Crash In Maharashtra's Baramati
- Wednesday January 28, 2026
- India News | Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
Ajit Pawar's Plane Crash Lands In Maharashtra's Baramati
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www.ndtv.com
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"Can't Eat, Sleep": Jabalpur Boat Pilot To NDTV On Tragedy That Killed 9
- Saturday May 2, 2026
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Srishti Kapoor
Boat pilot Mahesh Patel said the dismissal will also affect his family, which had been surviving solely on the low salary he earned from the job.
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www.ndtv.com
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Air India Pilot Dies Of Heart Attack In Bali During Scheduled Rest
- Thursday April 30, 2026
- India News | Press Trust India
The first officer, who was nearly 40 years old, operated a flight from Delhi to Bali on Tuesday, according to an airline official.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pilots Have Final Say: VVIP Flight Rules Tightened After Ajit Pawar Crash
- Friday March 27, 2026
- India News | Reported by Tanushka Dutta
The move comes amid rising concerns over safety lapses in VIP and election flying, especially after the death of Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others in a plane crash this January.
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www.ndtv.com
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Woman Dies Soon After Takeoff On British Airways Flight, Passengers Spend 13 Hours With Body On Plane
- Sunday March 22, 2026
- World News | Edited by Ritu Singh
Despite the death, the pilots decided to continue the journey to Heathrow Airport rather than diverting or returning to Hong Kong.
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www.ndtv.com
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Crash That Killed Ajit Pawar Was One Of Many: NDTV Checks 10-Year Data
- Monday March 2, 2026
- India News | Reported by Bismee Taskin Islam
In 2016, an air ambulance operating from Patna to Delhi went down in Najafgarh. Unlike the Red Airways crash that killed all seven on board, everyone in this accident survived. The pilots were hailed as heroes for averting a disaster.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Ajit Era Will Never End": Rohit Pawar Warns Against 'Whitewash' In Crash Probe
- Friday February 27, 2026
- India News | Reported by Saurabh Vaktania
In a significant political meeting lasting over an hour and fifteen minutes, NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar met MNS chief Raj Thackeray to discuss the recent accident involving late deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar.
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www.ndtv.com
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"100% Sure It's Conspiracy": Rohit Pawar On Uncle Ajit's Plane Crash Death
- Tuesday February 10, 2026
- India News | Reported by Radhika Ramaswamy, Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Rohit Pawar, leader of the Sharad Pawar faction of the NCP and grand nephew of the veteran politician, today said the death of his uncle and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on January 26 could have been the result of a conspiracy.
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www.ndtv.com
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Sunetra Pawar Didn't Believe Ajit Pawar News. Got Video Call From Crash Site
- Tuesday February 3, 2026
- India News | Reported by Jitendra Dixit, Edited by Samiran Mishra
The phone call that reached Sunetra Pawar on January 28 morning was brief, and initially impossible for her to accept.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Possible Pilot Misjudgement Amid Low Visibility": Sources On Ajit Pawar Crash
- Thursday January 29, 2026
- India News | Reported by Bismee Taskin Islam, Edited by Chandrajit Mitra
A possible pilot misjudgement while landing amid poor visibility may have led to the plane crash that killed Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others yesterday, sources have said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Ajit Pawar's Old X Post On Women Pilots Resurfaces After Plane Crash
- Thursday January 29, 2026
- India News | Edited by Manjiri Chitre
Ajit Pawar and four others died when their aircraft crashed nearly 100 metres from the edge of a tabletop runway at Baramati airport in Pune district.
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www.ndtv.com
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Ajit Pawar Plane Pilot Didn't Give 'Readback', Says Centre. What Is It?
- Wednesday January 28, 2026
- India News | NDTV News Desk
A Civil Aviation Ministry statement outlined the sequence of events leading to the crash, including a potentially worrying point that the pilot 'did not give readback of landing clearance', i.e., there was no message, as is protocol worldwide.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pilot Shambhavi Pathak Among 5 Dead In Plane Crash That Killed Ajit Pawar
- Wednesday January 28, 2026
- India News | Edited by Aastha Ahuja
Shambhavi Pathak was operating the VSR Ventures Learjet 45, registered as VT-SSK, along with Pilot Captain Sumit Kapur.
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www.ndtv.com
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Ajit Pawar Dies In Plane Crash: Here's Why He Was Flying To Baramati
- Wednesday January 28, 2026
- India News | Edited by Aastha Ahuja
According to reports, Pawar was to attend four important public meetings ahead of the local body polls next month.
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www.ndtv.com
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Ajit Pawar Dies In Plane Crash: What We Know About The Aircraft
- Wednesday January 28, 2026
- India News | Edited by Ritu Singh
The small aircraft involved was a privately operatedchartered planethat had departed from Mumbai for a series of scheduled political rallies.
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www.ndtv.com
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Ajit Pawar Dies In Plane Crash In Maharashtra's Baramati
- Wednesday January 28, 2026
- India News | Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
Ajit Pawar's Plane Crash Lands In Maharashtra's Baramati
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www.ndtv.com