MUMBAI: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released no report on the Air India Flight 171 crash on Friday, the first anniversary of the tragedy in Ahmedabad that claimed 260 lives. It thus missed the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) 12-month deadline for a final or interim report.The Annex 13 document of ICAO, which lays…
Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom AAIB extended condolences one year after June 2025 crash. Investigation follows ICAO norms; preliminary report issued earlier. Investigators significantly analyzed technical, operational, and human factors. On the first anniversary of the Air India Flight AI-171 crash, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) expressed its…
File photo of the crash site at B J Medical College in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) on Thursday alleged serious shortcomings in the investigation into the Air India AI171 crash, questioning both the technical direction of the probe and the lack of transparency of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB).FIP president…
Three seconds after Air India Flight 171 lifted off from Ahmedabad, two fuel switches in its cockpit moved to the cut-off position, starving both engines of fuel. Half a minute later, the London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into a medical hostel complex, killing 260 people. It was India’s deadliest aviation disaster since the 1996 Charkhi…
When TC-JOO (THY6380) initiated climb. Vertically separated by 1,000 feet and 3 miles apart in opposite direction. FDB2JQ was flying offset by 2 miles. (Aircraft positions not to scale) Mumbai: A serious near-miss involving a Turkish Airlines cargo flight and a Flydubai passenger flight over the Arabian Sea last year occurred because the Turkish Airlines…
Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom India prepares interim report on deadly Air India Dreamliner crash. Report details possible fuel supply loss after takeoff. Indian investigators probing last year’s deadly Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash involving Air India are preparing an interim report ahead of the first anniversary of the accident…
Pilot grouping Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has written to the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) demanding that the Central government initiate a judicial investigation—through a court of inquiry—into the fatal crash of Air India flight AI 171 in Ahmedabad on June 12. In the strongly-worded letter, the pilot association alleged that the ongoing probe…
After an Air India pilot flagged a possible defect with an engine fuel control switch in one of the airline’s Boeing 787 aircraft, the Tata group airline has initiated a precautionary fleet-wide inspection of the fuel control switch latch on its Boeing 787s “out of abundance of caution”, according to sources in the know. The…
