New Delhi, Feb. 28 -- The visibility reported at Baramati on January 28, at the time of landing of the VT-SSK aircraft, which carried Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and crash landed, was below the minimum requirement of five kilometres, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau said in its Preliminary Report on Saturday.

AAIB's report noted that the crew asked for visibility while approaching Baramati, for which the tower replied as 3000 meters (three kilometres), well below the required visibility of five kilometres.

The report also highlighted that there is no meteorological facility available at Baramati Airfield, and the weather information is usually passed on to the aircraft with the help of a weather instrument ins...