A statement from the Civil Aviation Ministry outlined the sequence of events leading to the crash, including the potentially worrying point that the pilot 'did not give readback of landing clearance', ie, there was no message, as is protocol worldwide, from the plane repeating landing authorisation. At 8.18 am the plane, owned by VSR Ventures Pvt Ltd, a Delhi-based non-scheduled air transport operator, and registered as VT-SSK, established contact with the Baramati airport. The plane's next call was 30 nautical miles, or 55.6 km, from Baramati airport. Pathak, the government statement said, asked about winds and visibility – standard questions pilots world over pose to ground staff or ATCs before landing. However, and this is the contentious point, there was no readback of landing clearance.