An accident that raises questions
ages ago a film directed by actor Shankar nag and created ripples among the audience. This film had addressed the pertinent problem that youth face when they go after drugs, alcohol and other vices. The store the film narrates The story of a politician son under the influence of heavy narcotics driving his car over labourers sleeping in the night on footpath. The film so close to reality that after the film is released many such incidents came to light across the country and were also reported. all the cars that crashed people under its wheels on footpath belonged to wealthy and influential people.
Actor Salman Khan was also in news for one such incident and he later was observed office crime thanks to money and the influence that he could wield. the accident that took place at late night on Monday near Tumkur has left the state shaken. The one who is responsible for this accident is not some politician’s son instead it is BJP MLA C T Ravi. The accident has taken place when Ravi was travelling to Chennai on late hours of Monday night. The car made out of control and killed two young man standing by the roadside. The reasons for car going out of control are not known yet. on one hand rumours suggest that CT Ravi himself was driving the car and he was under the influence of alcohol.
Where is Ravi has refuted both the charges. Expressing regret over the incident, he said “I don't drink and I wasn't driving when the accident happened. I was shaken awake after the incident took place.” But his behaviour during the incident has raised the lot of questions. The reasons that he has given for the car going out of control sound very far from truth. The driver apparently told him he had to go to the side of the road because of the oncoming lorry from the opposite direction. One thing is for sure, this accident could have been averted if the car was within the permissible speed limit. The intensity of the accident is such that one can very well imagine the car was beyond permissible speed limit. That the two young man where died in the impact itself shows that the accident was high-intensity one and it was gruesome.
The video of a young man writhing in shock and pain, weeping unconsolably asking Ravi if the human life has no value, has gone viral on the internet. Even as he is begging for a response from the MLA Ravi leaves the place and the police help him in doing so. Since he was travelling in the car that caused the accident, Ravi is an accused of this particular crime. How can he absolve himself of the responsibility and leave? Not as an MLA but just as a human being he should have stayed there till the bodies were lifted from the place. He should have pacified the grieving men and should have stood there till all the formalities and modalities were completed.
He left the place even as the aggrieved were crying for his help and this is his second crime. Ravi is a public person and he will have to answer all the questions that are raised by the general public in a responsible manner. In this background he should have gone to the police station instead of going home. And the police should have checked if there were any traces of alcohol in his body. More than anything else, the explanation is that the MLA’s name is not mentioned in the complaint and the families have not insisted on it either. And the families don’t even know what happened that night. Hence how can they decide to leave the name of the MLA out of the complaint? Even this question needs to be answered. The MLA has called it a “regrettable” incident. He has seek the forgiveness of the families of the deceased.
Along with this, the families of the deceased have to be awarded at least Rs one crore each. Compared to his assets, this amount is a pittance. Having engaged many youths in communal politics, CT Ravi should have paid attention and shown concern to the fact that the men who died in the accident were hindus. If any other leader from another community had been involved in this accident, BJP leaders including CT Ravi would have jumped at the dead bodies to do politics like vultures jump to feast. If he is involved in the accident, he should face the consequences without escaping his responsibilities. Home Minister must intervene in this matter to get a closure.
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Maharashtra Dy CM Ajit Pawar, four others killed in plane crash
Baramati (PTI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four other persons on board an aircraft were killed after it crashed near the Baramati airport in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Wednesday.
The 66-year-old leader’s death has not only left a vacuum in the BJP-led state coalition government, but also cast a shadow on the future of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which he headed.
His uncle and NCP founder Sharad Pawar said the plane crash was an accident which shouldn't be politicised.
The "black box" (comprising the Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder) from the aircraft, will be analysed after recovery to determine the cause of the accident, an official said.
Ajit Pawar had taken off from Mumbai in the morning to address four rallies in the day in Pune district for the February 5 zilla parishad elections.
The others killed in the tragedy were Captain Sumit Kapoor, who had a flying experience of 15,000 hours, co-pilot Capt. Shambhavi Pathak with 1,500 hours of flying, Personal Security Officer (PSO) Vidip Jadhav and flight attendant Pinky Mali.
The government released a statement detailing the sequence of events that led to the crash and Pawar's death.
The aircraft, a Learjet, was cleared for landing in Baramati on Wednesday morning after a go-around due to poor visibility, but having finally received a clearance it did not give any read-back' to the ATC, and moments later burst into flames on the edge of the runway.
In aviation parlance, a go-around is a standard procedure where a pilot discontinues a landing attempt and initiates a climb to fly another approach. It is used when a landing cannot be completed safely due to factors like poor weather, an unstable approach, or traffic on the runway. It is a proactive safety measure rather than an emergency.
A readback is a crucial safety procedure where a pilot repeats back the essential parts of a message or instruction received from Air Traffic Control (ATC). It acts as a "closed-loop" communication system, ensuring that the controller's instructions were heard and understood correctly by the flight crew.
The 16-year-old chartered aircraft, operated by VSR Ventures Pvt Ltd, crashed while attempting a second landing approach at Baramati airport which is an uncontrolled airfield where traffic information is typically provided by instructors and pilots from local flying training organisations.
V K Singh, owner of VSR Ventures, said the pilot apparently could not see the runway and carried out a "missed approach", a standardised procedure in such cases.
Terrifying eyewitness accounts have emerged from the site of the aircraft crash as residents near the Baramati airport described a scene of chaos as the plane appeared to lose control before erupting into a series of big explosions.
An eyewitness described watching the aircraft circle the airport, noting it appeared 'a bit unstable' before its final approach. According to her, the plane 'hit the ground hard and exploded' upon impact, with the blast being heard in homes throughout the area.
Later, the Civil Aviation Ministry, quoting the person manning the Air Traffic Control at Baramati, issued a statement about the sequence of events indicating that the flight encountered visibility issues during its landing attempt despite reports of calm weather.
The statement said that at 8.18 am, the aircraft first established contact with Baramati air traffic control after being released by the Pune approach at 30 nautical miles (around 55 km) inbound to Baramati.
The crew was advised to descend at their discretion under Visual Meteorological conditions and were also informed that winds were calm and visibility was approximately 3,000 metres.
Upon reaching the final approach for the runway, the crew reported that the runway was not in sight and initiated a go-around to reposition for a second attempt on the runway.
After initially stating the runway was still not visible, the crew reported "runway in sight" just seconds later and the ATC cleared the aircraft to land at 8.43 am.
However, the crew did not provide the mandatory readback of this final clearance and at 8.44 am, exactly one minute after the last communication, ATC personnel observed flames erupting near the threshold of the runway.
Emergency services reached the scene immediately following the explosion and the wreckage was located on the left side of the runway.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is currently analysing why the crew struggled to maintain visual contact with the runway despite the reported 3,000-metre visibility.
According to eyewitnesses, the force of the explosion was so great that parts of the aircraft were hurled through the air, landing near residential structures. "The plane tilted before coming down. We saw the explosion and it was frightening," an eyewitness said.
Another eyewitness reported that the aircraft appeared to be losing control from an altitude of approximately 100 feet above the runway.
"The way the plane was coming down, we felt it was going to crash... As we rushed towards it, we saw flames, followed by four to five consecutive blasts, which prevented us from going anywhere near the aircraft".
Pramod Madurikar, a witness at the scene, said the victims were identified shortly after the crash and were shifted to ambulances. Fire brigade personnel reached the spot shortly.
The aircraft was trying to land amid poor visibility, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu told reporters in Pune.
VSR Ventures’ fleet includes seven Learjet 45 aircraft (including the one involved in the crash), five Embraer 135BJ aircraft, four King Air B200 aircraft and one Pilatus PC-12 aircraft, the statement said.
Superintendent of Police, Sandip Singh Gill, said that after the crash, there was a fire. "People onboard were immediately taken to the hospital," he said.
Ajit Pawar is survived by wife Sunetra, a member of the Rajya Sabha and two sons, Parth and Jay.
His Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) had contested the recent municipal corporation elections in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad in alliance with his uncle Sharad Pawar’s NCP (SP).
President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and several other leaders expressed grief over Pawar's demise.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who reached Baramati and met Ajit Pawar’s family members, described the NCP leader’s tragic death as unbelievable, and said he had lost a good friend.
Maharashtra government declared a three-day state mourning till January 30, during which the national flag will be flown at half-mast on all buildings.
Ajit Pawar’s last rites will be held with full state honours on Thursday in Baramati.
Modi and Shah are expected to attend the funeral, which will be held at Vidya Pratishthan ground at 11 am, the Nationalist Congress Party said.
