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Aircraft accidents probe bureau AAIB connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026) said peculiar enactment has been sought for retrieval of information from the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of the Learjet 45 level that crashed adjacent Baramati past month.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and 4 others were killed successful the fatal clang of the VSR Ventures-owned level connected January 28.
In a statement, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) said the craft was equipped with 2 autarkic formation recorders.
Both recorders were exposed to aggravated vigor for a prolonged play during the mishap and sustained occurrence damage, it said.
According to AAIB, the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR), manufactured by L3-Communications, has been successfully downloaded astatine its Flight Recorder Laboratory.
"The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), manufactured by Honeywell, is undergoing elaborate method examination. Assistance has been sought from the Accredited Representative of the State of Manufacture for specialised enactment successful information retrieval," the probe bureau said.
In this case, the authorities of manufacture is the U.S..
Requesting each stakeholders to debar speculation, AAIB said it was diligently pursuing each prescribed method and procedural protocols to guarantee a comprehensive, nonsubjective and evidence-based investigation.
It besides said the probe was being done strictly successful accordance with the Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Rules, 2017 and the planetary standards and recommended practices of ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) Annex 13.
Last week, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said the preliminary study connected the clang of the Learjet 45 craft VT-SSK would beryllium released soon.
