New Delhi: Pilot Captain Sumit Kapoor died in the Baramati plane crash. The accident occurred while the aircraft was attempting to land. Pilot Sumit Kapoor was a resident of M Block, Rajouri Garden, Delhi. Sumit Kapoor’s son is also a pilot. The entire family lives in M Block, Rajouri Garden. Captain Sumit Kapoor’s last rites were performed at the Punjabi Bagh crematorium on Thursday.
The grieving family was present at Punjabi Bagh during the funeral. A neighbor, Arvind, said, “Sumit was a very good man. He used to attend our organization’s meetings. He was very sociable. We have also been living here for 50 years, and he had been living here for the same amount of time. We had a good friendship. His son is also a pilot. He had a complete and happy family. I met him about 10-15 days ago. When we went out, he told me that everything was fine. He had a very good nature. People here learned about this incident through television. It is very sad that Sumit died in a plane crash like this. We were deeply saddened after the incident.” Was Sumit Kapoor an experienced pilot?
The Learjet 45 was under the command of Captain Sumit Kapoor, who was the pilot in command of this flight. As a senior pilot, he led the flight crew and made decisions during crucial phases of the flight, such as take-off and landing.
Officials confirmed that he was on board the Learjet 45XR (VT-SSK) with Ajit Pawar and other passengers when it crashed near the runway. Sumit Kapoor had considerable experience flying business jets. Sumit Kapoor, associated with VSR Aviation, had previously flown high-speed, short-runway jets like the Learjet. It is worth noting that a Learjet 45 aircraft belonging to VSR Aviation had crashed at Mumbai Airport in 2023, which was investigated by the AAIB. All the passengers survived that previous incident, but the current accident has once again raised questions about the company’s safety record.
What happened in the Baramati plane crash?
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar was scheduled to address a rural election rally in his hometown of Baramati, 250 km from Mumbai. However, the plane crashed near Baramati airport in Pune on Wednesday morning at 8:45 am. Five people, including Ajit Pawar, died in the accident. According to reports, the plane crashed while attempting a second landing in Baramati. Those killed in the plane crash include pilots Sumit Kapoor and Shambhavi Pathak, flight attendant Pinky Mali, and Pawar’s security staff member Vidhit Jadhav.
