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Growing calls for independent probe into Air India crash as investigators focus attention on pilots

IN FOCUS: Investigators are yet to settle on a cause for the crash but are leaning in the direction of either human error or deliberate action by pilots rather than a mechanical fault despite allegations that the aircraft was flawed from the moment it entered service in India. Alisha Rahaman…

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New Claims on Air India Flight 171 Crash Focus on Pilot, Supreme Court Seeks Progress Report

On a day when the Supreme Court of India sought a progress report on the probe into the June 2025 crash of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad, new claims have emerged from Italian media pointing to pilot involvement in the tragedy. The London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed on June…

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Air India plane crash investigation report does not blame anyone, government tells top court

Supreme Court says investigation into Boeing 787 disaster aims to improve aviation safety and not assign blame

The Independent UK

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Air India grounds three Boeing planes for 'extensive investigations' after crash that killed 241 on board

There is no official explanation as to why the planes have been grounded

Evening Standard

Supreme Court Rules Air India Pilot 'Not to Blame' for Gatwick-Bound Disaster That Claimed 260 Lives

India's top court clears Air India pilot of blame in 260-death crash to Gatwick, offering relief to families of 52 Britons killed in the disaster.

International Business Times UK

Pilot asked co-pilot why he ‘cut off’ the fuel, seconds later 260 people died. Court just asked his father to not carry the ‘burden’

This pilot was not at fault.

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Air India pilot ‘not to blame’ for crash that killed 241, court told

The elderly father of the pilot of an Air India flight that crashed on its way to Gatwick has called for an independent probe into the disaster

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Top court says no one blames pilot for Air India crash and hits out at ‘nasty’ media reports

Supreme Court tells late captain’s father to not ‘carry this burden that your son is being blamed’

The Independent UK

Air India crash: Grieving father of captain says investigators insinuated son cut fuel

Sumeet Sabharwal’s father claims Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau officials visited him last month and insinuated his son turned off Boeing plane’s fuel control switches moments after take-off

The Independent UK

Top court asks Modi government to respond after independent Air India crash probe sought

The two-judge bench observes that it was ‘irresponsible’ to blame pilots for crash

The Independent UK

Air India crash victims’ families sue Boeing and aircraft parts maker as pilot’s father demands new probe

Families of four crash victims accuse Boeing and Honeywell of negligence while pilot’s father says preliminary inquiry unfairly maligned his son

The Independent UK

Lawyer for Air India families says one key theory has emerged to explain crash

INTERVIEW: Mike Andrews, an attorney for the families of more than 100 victims, tells Namita Singh that they do not buy the implication that pilot error was to blame

The Independent UK

Air India reports no issues with fuel switches in Boeing fleet after Ahmedabad crash kills 260

US officials familiar with crash investigation say they believe the captain may have cut off fuel switches after takeoff

Evening Standard

British Air India crash survivor haunted by nightmares where 'everyone dies'

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, was the only person to walk away alive after the Boeing 787 slammed into a residential building

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Air India Pilot’s Final Words To Security Guard On Day Of Crash Revealed, Alongside Personal Turmoil

This was mere hours before Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight 171 operated by Air India came crashing down and was consumed in fire after only 32 seconds of flight.

Evening Standard

Air India captain's eerie words to co-pilot in lead up to crash that killed 260 revealed

Fresh details have emerged of cockpit interactions between two pilots in lead up to crash involving Gatwick-bound flight

International Business Times UK

Air India Crash Update: Pilot Claims Plane Was Already Plagued by Electrical and Digital Failures Before Flight

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed less than a minute after take-off from Ahmedabad on June 12, killing all but one of the 242 people onboard

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Indian pilots’ bodies reject WSJ report suggesting senior pilot’s error in Air India crash

Indian pilot associations have slammed speculative reporting around the preliminary probe into the Air India AI171 crash, after a Wall Street Journal report suggested that the Captain of the flight deliberately turned off the fuel control switches of the plane’s two engines. The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) stressed that…

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Air India Pilot Deliberately Shut Off Fuel While Staying Eerily ‘Composed’ As Copilot Panicked, New Report Claims

"Something is fishy here"

The Guardian - UK

Air India finds ‘no issues’ with fuel switches on other Boeings after crash

US report says investigators looking at actions of plane’s captain before plane crash that killed 260 people

Al Jazeera

What happened to the fuel-control switches on doomed Air India flight 171?

A US media report shifts focus onto the actions of the captain of the aircraft, which crashed in Ahmedabad.

Evening Standard

Air India crash probe focuses on plane's 'calm' captain who 'co-pilot accused of turning off fuel'

The first officer reportedly expressed ‘surprise and panic’ after the fuel switches were turned off

The Independent UK

Air India cockpit audio reportedly shows first officer confronting captain over fuel switches

Pilots’ association criticises report for selectively relying on paraphrased cockpit voice recordings

International Business Times UK

Air India Plane Crash Pilot's Medical Records Turned Over Amid Mental Health Questions: Did He Cause The Disaster?

Medical records show the Air India captain pilot in last month's fatal crash had taken leave for mental health issues, reigniting concerns about mental fitness in aviation as investigations into the flipped fuel cutoff switch continue

The Independent UK

The question spurring fresh intrigue in the Air India crash

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