March 25, 2026

Air India Flight 171 crash

‘Investigations of this magnitude take time’: US probe agency slams media reports on Air India 171 crash; calls them ‘premature and speculative’ | India News

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NEW DELHI: The US-based National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which oversees investigations into major aviation and transportation incidents, on Friday slammed recent media coverage of the preliminary report on the Air India Flight 171 crash, calling the reports “premature and speculative.“Jennifer Homendy, chairwoman of the NTSB, said in a statement: “Recent media reports on the…

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AI171 preliminary probe: 2018 report flagged fuel switch concern, but said it wasn’t ‘unsafe’ | India News

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Air India crash (Picture credit: ANI) MUMBAI: The preliminary report of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) into the June 12 Air India flight 171 crash in Ahmedabad refers to a serviceability bulletin on the Boeing-787’s fuel control switch which indicates a potential equipment malfunction, but deemed it was not an unsafe condition. The AAIB report…

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‘Don’t jump to any conclusion’: Civil aviation minister reacts to AI 171 crash probe report; calls it ‘preliminary’ | India News

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NEW DELHI: Union civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Saturday said that the preliminary report released by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) into the Air India Flight 171 crash is not the final assessment of the incident. The investigation remains ongoing, the ministry said.“This is a preliminary report. At the ministry, we…

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