‘Flying to Baramati, will talk tomorrow’: Attendant’s father recalls her last words
The Hindu
Tragic Baramati flight crash claims lives, including attendant Pinky Mali, who promised to call her father the next day.
His voice filled with emotion and his eyes welling up, a distraught Shivkumar Mali said his daughter had promised to speak to him “tomorrow”, but that moment will never come.
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His daughter Pinky Mali was among those killed in the Baramati plane crash that also claimed the life of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
“Pappa, I am flying to Baramati tomorrow (Wednesday) with DCM Ajit Pawar. After dropping him, I will go to Nanded and will speak to you once I reach the hotel…” Mr. Shivkumar, a resident of Prabhadevi in Central Mumbai, said, recounting his last conversation with his daughter.
Pinky was an attendant on the Learjet 46, operated by Delhi-based VSR Ventures, that crash-landed at the Baramati airport. There were five people onboard, including the crew members, according to the aviation regulator DGCA.
She had flown with the President, Chief Ministers and several political leaders, Mr. Shivkumar said, adding that she was flying with Ajit Pawar for the fourth time.
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