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…
4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jun 14, 2025 10:45 AM IST Air India will be fully transparent in the investigation into the crash of its Boeing 787-8 aircraft and will support the probe process as long it lasts, the Tata group airline’s chief executive officer Campbell Wilson said Friday. In a recorded statement from Ahmedabad, the…
3 min readAhmedabadUpdated: Jun 14, 2025 03:55 PM IST Eight of Air India’s 33 Boeing 787 aircraft have so far been inspected following the directive issued Friday by aviation safety regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for enhanced safety inspection of the aircraft type, Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu said Saturday. The…
4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jun 20, 2025 10:51 AM IST Air India on Thursday detailed the temporary curtailment plan for it wide-body international flights. A day earlier, the Tata group carrier had said that it would reduce international flights operated by long-range aircraft like Boeing 787 and Boeing 777 by 15 per cent till at…
4 min readNew DelhiJun 27, 2025 07:15 PM IST The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture will meet on July 8 to discuss overall civil aviation safety in the country, with Civil Aviation Secretary Samir Kumar Sinha scheduled to brief the panel, according to sources in the know. The meeting comes close on…
5 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 15, 2025 03:02 AM IST Following the release of the preliminary report into the June 12 crash of an Air India Boeing 787-8 aircraft in Ahmedabad, the Tata group airline’s MD and CEO Campbell Wilson on Monday told employees that the report has unsurprisingly “provided greater clarity”, but also “opened…
Air India crash investigation: In the wake of questions being raised on the investigation and the preliminary report into the crash of Air India flight AI 171 by pilot associations and the father of one of the pilots of the ill-fated aircraft, Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu said Tuesday that there was no…
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…
