US EditionIndia top court asks for government response on plea for independent Air India crash probe
Families and an NGO challenge the preliminary report blaming pilot error, alleging withheld critical data and conflicts of interest in the investigation of the June Air India crash that killed 260.
- The Supreme Court of India has requested the government to respond to a plea for an independent investigation into the Air India plane crash that occurred on June 12, which killed 265 people.
- The plea, filed by the NGO Safety Matters Foundation, argues that the current investigation has a conflict of interest due to the involvement of aviation regulator officials on the probe panel.
- A preliminary report suggested pilot confusion regarding engine switches, and the court criticized the media for prematurely blaming the pilots, emphasizing the need for all relevant information to be disclosed.
- Justices Surya Kant and N. Kotiswar Singh noted that blaming pilots based on preliminary findings could harm their reputations prematurely.
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Aviation Analyst: Lawsuit alleges Boeing, Honeywell knew of switch issues before deadly Air India crash
(QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Did product defect and negligence contribute to the deadly Air India crash that killed 260 people last June? The families of the four victims think so and have filed a lawsuit stating exactly that. This is likely the first of many lawsuits against Boeing and Honeywell. Boeing, being the planemaker of the accident aircraft, the Dreamliner 787, and Honeywell, the maker of the fuel cut-off switches used in that plane. As repor…
Three months after the crash of a Boeing 787 from Air India in Ahmedabad, which killed 260 victims, families of victims filed a complaint in the United States. They accused Boeing and its supplier Honeywell of ignoring a design defect on fuel switches, considered to have caused the tragedy.
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