Pune, February 18 Jay Pawar, the younger son of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash last month, on Wednesday sought a thorough investigation into the "possible serious lapses" that led to the accident, and said the aircraft's black box cannot be easily destroyed.
He also demanded a ban on VSR Ventures Private Limited, the aviation company that operated the ill-fated Learjet 45XR plane that crashed near the Baramati airstrip, killing his father Ajit Pawar and four others on January 28.
"The black box cannot be easily destroyed. The people of Maharashtra have the right to know the complete and transparent truth about the crash," Pawar said in a social media post.
Seeking a ban on the VSR aviation firm, he said, "A detailed and impartial investigation of possible serious lapses and irregularities of the aircraft firm should be conducted."
His statement comes a day after Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar and leaders from the NCP met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and demanded a CBI probe into the plane crash.
The aircraft accident probe agency, AAIB, has said that special support has been sought for the retrieval of data from the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of the Learjet 45 plane involved in the fatal crash.
Earlier, NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar had alleged that there was reason to suspect sabotage in the tragic air crash that killed his uncle Ajit Pawar, and also demanded a comprehensive probe by multiple expert agencies.
Addressing a press conference last week, Rohit Pawar questioned the track record of Captain Sumit Kapoor, who was piloting the aircraft on the day of the incident on January 28, citing his suspension for three years for alcohol consumption in the past.
