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Ahmedabad plane crash (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The AAIB’s preliminary report into the AI-171 crash has not “recommended actions to Boeing 787-8 and/or GE GEnx-1B engine operators and manufacturers” at “this stage of investigation.” Whether that changes when the probe is complete and the final report is ready in about a year or so,…
Air India plane crash (Picture credit: AP) MUMBAI: What do pilots have to say about the AAIB report?Capt Amit Singh, an air safety expert, commented: “At what stage did the engines actually stop producing thrust? The AI-171 Preliminary Report says: ‘After 08:08:42 UTC when Fuel Control Switches were moved to CUT OFF. But in a…
Workers prepare to hoist the tail section wreckage of Air India Flight 171, which crashed on June 12, in Ahmedabad. (NYT News Service) NEW DELHI: The Airline Pilots’ Association of India (ALPA) on Saturday raised concerns over the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) preliminary report on the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, saying the…
NEW DELHI: A month after the deadliest aviation accident, the Air India 171 crash, a preliminary report is expected from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), offering the first official insight into the cause of the Air India crash. The incident involved a Boeing 787 Dreamliner that went down just 30 seconds after takeoff in…
