The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has appointed veteran pilot and former Air India Director of Operations, Captain R.S. Sandhu, as a domain expert in the ongoing probe into the tragic Air India Boeing 787-8 crash in Ahmedabad that killed 260 people last month.
According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, cockpit recordings from the recovered black box indicate the captain manually turned off the fuel switches just seconds after takeoff.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has released its preliminary report into the fatal crash of Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad on June 12.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has submitted its preliminary report on the recent Air India Flight AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and other relevant agencies.
In the aftermath of the Ahmedabad plane crash, a wave of grief and anxiety has swept across the nation. While the loss faced by the victims' families is immeasurable, this tragic incident has also left a deep psychological impact on the wider public.
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