Debate Over the Air India Crash
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A preliminary report by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) previously confirmed that switches controlling fuel flow to the plane’s two engines had been turned off shortly after lift-off, leading to a catastrophic loss of thrust.
The deadly Air India crash last month has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras monitoring airline pilot actions to complement the cockpit voice and flight data recorders already used by accident investigators.
The Ahmedabad crash has cast a long shadow over the airline, exposing cracks in safety, staffing and systems and posing the challenge of rebuilding trust
The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) on Thursday in a letter to the Civil Aviation Ministry have stated that the AAIBs preliminary report on the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad has failed to sufficiently consider two plausible and previously documented technical scenarios,
Fresh controversy has erupted over the fatal Air India crash in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad last month. A Wall Street Journal report claims a cockpit recording reveals the captain cut off the aircraft’s fuel midair,
The Federation of Indian Pilots refutes the Wall Street Journal's claim that pilot error caused the Ahmedabad Air India crash, drawing parallels to a previous Boeing 787 engine failure incident
Air India said on Tuesday it would partially restore its international flight schedule that was scaled back following the accident involving flight AI171 on June 12.
Medical records for an Air India pilot killed in last month’s crash are reportedly now being reviewed by investigators amid reports he’d been suffering from depression and other mental
Citing a preliminary report by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), the Wall Street Journal notes that the fuel cutoff switches for both engines were moved to the "cutoff" position within a one-second interval, just moments after liftoff. The aircraft crashed 32 seconds after takeoff.