US EditionWas Ahmedabad plane crash a deliberate act? Report claims AI pilot intentionally turned fuel switch off
- On Wednesday, Corriere della Sera reported investigators are preparing to state one pilot intentionally turned off fuel switches, causing Air India Flight 171 to crash shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport on June 12 last year, killing 260 people.
- Re‑analysis at NTSB laboratories in Washington and U.S. experts conducting simulator tests found no technical defect, leading investigators from the AAIB to consider human intervention plausible.
- Cleaned-Up cockpit audio and flight data reportedly show `Why did you turn off the engines?` and `It wasn't me.`, with fuel switches moved from `run` to `cutoff` according to a Western source.
- India's Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed three weeks for the AAIB probe and asked the government to place the report on record, but the AAIB and India's civil aviation ministry have not responded.
- Amid criticism from the captain's family and pilots' associations, sources say the investigation is designed to blame Sumeet Sabharwal and may undergo political review to avoid controversy.
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The investigation into the crash of the Boeing 787 Air India, which occurred in June 2025 and killed 260 people, is moving towards a new conclusion. According to the investigators, the aircraft was not the victim of a breakdown, but of an intentional action by the captain.
'Incorrect and speculative': AAIB refutes Italian report claiming AI171 pilot 'intentionally shut fuel switch'
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on Thursday rejected Italian media reports claiming that the probe into the Air India Flight AI-171 crash had been completed, terming the claims "incorrect and speculative." Issuing a clarification, the aviation accident probe body said the investigation is still underway, and no final conclusions have been reached. In one of India’s deadliest aviation disasters, 260 people, including 241 passeng…
Ahmedabad plane crash: Air India starts process for final compensation
New Delh: Air India has initiated the process for providing final compensation to the families of those who died in the AI 171 plane crash, wherein those willing to accept the amounts have to ensure that they will not make any future claims against the airline, original equipment manufacturers and government agencies in relation to the fatal accident. Tata Group-owned Air India is in the process of paying the interim compensation of Rs 25 lakh, …
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