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‘Incorrect and Speculative’: Govt Pushes Back After Foreign Media Alleges Intentional Pilot Action in AI-171 Crash

Union Minister Murlidhar Mohol stated that Indian agencies are still investigating the Air India AI171 crash that killed 260 people, dismissing foreign reports blaming the pilots.

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Government rejects foreign report claiming Air India Flight 171 pilots intentionally cut fuel; investigation still underway, says Civil Aviation Minister Murlidhar Mohol, as AAIB calls findings speculative and families, pilots’ body demand wider scrutiny into Ahmedabad crash that killed 260 people

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The final investigation report on the air disaster which killed 260 people on 12 June 2025 in India is about to conclude that there was intentional human action. According to the experts, the pilot-in-command cut off the...

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More than six months after the accident, the investigation into Air India Flight AI-171, which crashed on June 12, 2015, shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad bound for London, continues to reveal key information. The Boeing 787 crashed 32 seconds after takeoff, killing 241 passengers and 19 people on the ground, and leaving only one survivor. Causes of the Air India Flight crash revealed: The case, which initially appeared to be a technical …

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