Among the AAIB’s safety recommendations were strengthening controller handover procedures, reinforcing training and supervision in procedural air traffic contro Mumbai: A chain of air traffic control lapses, including failure to assign a different flight level, inadequate shift handovers and non-updating of aircraft estimates in the automated system, have been listed as the probable causes that…
Families of AI-171 crash victims seek investigation updates and simulator tests AHMEDABAD: Families of victims killed in the Air India AI-171 crash have written to civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, seeking regular updates on the investigation, independent simulator tests and the inclusion of an experienced Boeing 787 pilot in the probe team, while also…
NEW DELHI: American major GE Aerospace has sent the engine analysis reports of Air India’s ill-fated Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which crashed last June 12 in Ahmedabad. This was among the crucial inputs awaited by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) for preparing the final report on the AI-171 crash that left 260 people dead.“The engines…
Pune: One of the 12 cabin crew members who died aboard the ill-fated Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner (AI171) on June 12, 2025, was city resident Irfan Shaikh (22). A year on, his family remains trapped in grief and unanswered questions — the pain as raw as everThe London-bound flight had crashed shortly after take-off…
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…
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…
Even as questions swirl around the investigation into the AI 171 crash on June 12, 2025, family members of some victims are also criticising its handling of the tragedy.Radhika Mishra, daughter of former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, who was among the 260 people killed in the crash, has alleged that Air India is asking relatives…
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…
3 min readNew DelhiJul 10, 2025 02:25 AM IST The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is learnt to have told a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Wednesday that it will make public its preliminary report on the June 12 Ahmedabad plane crash in a couple of days. According to sources, the report is expected to provide…
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…
