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NEW DELHI: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) on Wednesday raised serious concerns over the preliminary findings and public commentary surrounding the crash of Air India Flight AI171, which went down in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff en route to London.In an official statement, the FIP said, “We register our dissatisfaction with the exclusion of pilot…
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…
NEW DELHI: The preliminary report on the Air India crash in Ahmedabad revealed that a 2018 US report had flagged the “potential for disengagement of the fuel control switch locking feature.” According to the report, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) No. NM-18-33, issued in December 2018, flagged potential disengagement of the…
NEW DELHI: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has released its preliminary report into the Air India plane crash that killed 260 people in Ahmedabad on June 12.The 15-page report, published late Friday, outlines the initial findings and status of the investigation into the crash of Air India Flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner headed…
