India, March 5 -- Continuing his attack on aviation firm VSR Ventures and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) over the plane crash that killed former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Wednesday alleged discrepancies in the preliminary probe report released by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB).

The report claimed that the aircraft had collided with trees when no trees were present in the vicinity of Baramati airport, Pawar told reporters during a press conference at the Yashwantrao Chavan Centre in south Mumbai. He then displayed photographs of a black box, which he claimed was of the aircraft that had crashed, and asserted that it appeared undamaged.

"DGCA deputy director Ramachan...