Plane accidents probe company AAIB on Tuesday (February 17, 2026) mentioned particular help has been looked for retrieval of information from the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of the Learjet 45 aircraft that crashed close to Baramati final month.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and 4 others had been killed within the deadly crash of the VSR Ventures-owned aircraft on January 28.
In an announcement, the Plane Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) mentioned the plane was geared up with two impartial flight recorders.
Each recorders had been uncovered to intense warmth for a chronic interval throughout the accident and sustained hearth harm, it mentioned.
In line with AAIB, the Digital Flight Information Recorder (DFDR), manufactured by L3-Communications, has been efficiently downloaded at its Flight Recorder Laboratory.
“The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), manufactured by Honeywell, is present process detailed technical examination. Help has been sought from the Accredited Consultant of the State of Manufacture for specialised help in knowledge retrieval,” the probe company mentioned.
On this case, the state of manufacture is the U.S..
Requesting all stakeholders to keep away from hypothesis, AAIB mentioned it was diligently following all prescribed technical and procedural protocols to make sure a complete, goal and evidence-based investigation.
It additionally mentioned the investigation was being executed strictly in accordance with the Plane (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Guidelines, 2017 and the worldwide requirements and really useful practices of ICAO (Worldwide Civil Aviation Group) Annex 13.
Final week, Civil Aviation Minister Okay Rammohan Naidu mentioned the preliminary report on the crash of the Learjet 45 plane VT-SSK could be launched quickly.
