Indian Pilots Demand Further Probe of Air India Crash
The pilots group says electrical failure should be tested before investigators attribute the crash to pilot action.
- The Federation of Indian Pilots , representing more than 5,000 members, submitted a letter on May 1 suggesting electrical failure, not pilot action, caused the deadly Air India crash last year.
- On June 12, 2025, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner exploded into flames shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, killing 260 people; the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau preliminary report cited fuel supply cutoff.
- The FIP technical note "suggests a credible cause" requiring investigation, arguing that "prelift-off electrical disturbance could have caused unintended relay operation and dual engine fuel cut-off without pilot input."
- While media reports continue to suggest pilot action, the FIP argues "technical causes cannot be ruled out" until detailed electrical analysis occurs, as required by the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
- Final reports regarding the disaster are expected by next month, and the FIP urges authorities to treat their electrical hypothesis as testable before the investigation concludes.
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According to the Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP), an electrical malfunction could have caused the fatal crash of an Air India aircraft last year. The aircraft had caught fire shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad, in the western part of the country, killing 241 of 242 people on board and 19 on the ground. - Air India crash: the runway of a re-launched technical problem (International).
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AlKhaleej TodayIndian pilots demand further probe of Air India crash, to investigate if cause was electric failure not pilot mistake
MUMBAI, May 5 — An Indian pilot group has submitted a letter to the aviation ministry suggesting that electrical failure, and not pilot action, could have caused the deadly Air India crash last year.The submission by the Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP), which has more than 5,000 members, comes ahead of the expected final report into the crash of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that killed 260 people shortly after takeoff on June 12, 2025.As requir…
Indian pilots demand further probe of last year's Air India crash
An Indian pilot group has submitted a letter to the aviation ministry suggesting that electrical failure, and not pilot action, could have caused the deadly Air India crash last year. The submission by the Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP), which has more than 5,000 members, comes ahead of the expected final report into the crash of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that killed 260 people shortly after takeoff on June 12, 2025. As required by internat…
Air India crash: Pilots’ body points to electrical glitch, not cockpit action - The Tribune
The submission directly challenges early narratives that hinted at pilot action, arguing instead that ‘all credible technical causes be ruled out first’ in line with ICAO norms.
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