Dense fog likely caused the aircraft crash at MIDC airstrip, with poor visibility also grounding Western Naval Command helicopters recently.

Sixty-six-year-old Ajit Pawar, reports said, was to attend four important public meetings in Baramati ahead of the zila parishad election next month

Shambhavi Pathak was operating the VSR Ventures Learjet 45, registered as VT-SSK, along with Pilot Captain Sumit Kapur.