US EditionIndia's top court says Air India crash report does not insinuate anything against pilot
The Supreme Court seeks responses from authorities on a petition demanding a judicially monitored probe into the June crash that killed 260 aboard an Air India Boeing 787.
- 1- India’s Supreme Court clarified that the preliminary report on the June Air India crash, which killed 260 people, does not implicate the flight’s captain. 2- The court will hear a petition on November 10 from the pilot’s 91-year-old father, Pushkar Raj Sabharwal, seeking an independent probe. 3- Sabharwal has called for a panel of aviation experts led by a retired Supreme Court judge, expressing doubts about the government’s current investigation.
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India's top court says Air India crash report does not insinuate anything against pilot
India's top court said on Friday that a preliminary report on an Air India crash that killed 260 people in June does not insinuate anything against the captain, but it will hear a plea from the pilot's father on November 10 for an independent probe.
Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre Over Air India Crash
The Supreme Court has taken up a plea from Pushkar Sabharwal, the father of the late Captain Sumit Sabharwal, who was the pilot of the ill-fated Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad. The court issued a notice to the Centre and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) after the 91-year-old father sought an independent inquiry, alleging a media campaign was unfairly blaming his son. A Supreme Court judge remarked, 'It's extremely unf…
Air India crash: ‘No one in India believes it was the pilot’s fault,’ says Supreme Court
On June 12, Air India Flight AI-171 had crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad killing 265 people, including 241 passengers and crew, 19 persons on the ground, and five others who later succumbed to injuries
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