Plane accidents probe company AAIB on Tuesday (February 17, 2026) mentioned particular assist has been hunted for retrieval of knowledge from the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of the Learjet 45 airplane that crashed close to Baramati final month.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and 4 others have been killed within the deadly crash of the VSR Ventures-owned airplane on January 28.
In a press release, the Plane Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) mentioned the plane was geared up with two unbiased flight recorders.
Each recorders have been uncovered to intense warmth for a chronic interval in the course of the accident and sustained hearth injury, it mentioned.
In response to AAIB, the Digital Flight Knowledge 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 assist 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 completed strictly in accordance with the Plane (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Guidelines, 2017 and the worldwide requirements and really helpful 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.
