After Reports of Pilot Confusion in Catastrophic Crash That Killed 260, Court Says Captain Was Not to Blame

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• According to the Supreme Court of India, the preliminary report on the Air India crash stated that the pilot of the plane was not responsible for the accident.

• The father of the plane’s captain, Sumeet Sabharwal, called for an investigation into the crash by an expert panel

• Judge Surya Kant said: “No one in India believes it was the pilot’s fault.”

India’s supreme court said the preliminary report into the Air India crash showed that the pilot of the plane was not responsible for the crash.

The announcement came after the pilot’s father, 91-year-old Pushkar Raj Sabharwal, appealed to the Supreme Court of India for an investigation into the crash by a panel of experts. Reuters And Sky News.

The father criticized the government’s investigation into the June 12 accident that killed 260 people, including his son Sumeet Sabharwal.

Authorities had previously said Sumeet was the captain From Air India Flight 171, Clive Kundar was the first officer.

According to the Indian news outlet, Judge Surya Kant told the father in the preliminary report that “there was no insinuation against the pilot” NDTV.

“This accident was an extremely unfortunate incident, but you should not bear this burden for which your son is blamed,” said Kant, adding: “No one in India believes that this was the pilot’s fault.”

preliminary reportThe report published by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau stated the following: Fuel to the plane’s engines was cut off shortly before the accident.

Black box audio from the cockpit recorded one pilot asking the other if he had cut, but the other pilot said he had not, according to the report.

Sumeet’s father’s lawyer Gopal Shankaranarayan expressed concern over an incident. Wall Street Magazine The article believed that the blame was placed on the pilot, but the judge turned it down.

Article He claimed the co-pilot thought the captain had turned off the plane’s fuel switches. The co-pilot appeared calm when he expressed his concerns.

According to NDTV, Kant said, “We are not disturbed by foreign news. Then your remedy should be in a foreign court? This is just ugly journalism.” “I am concerned that they are quoting a source from the Indian government,” the lawyer said.

After the preliminary report was announced, Air India said “We stand in solidarity with the families and those affected by the AI171 crash. We continue to mourn the loss and are fully committed to providing support during this difficult time.”

“Air India is working closely with stakeholders, including regulators. We continue to cooperate fully with the AAIB and other authorities as investigations progress,” the airline added. “Given the active nature of the investigation, we cannot comment on specific details and refer all such inquiries to the AAIB.”

there was 230 passengers and 12 crew The London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed while en route from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to London Gatwick. 19 more people were killed on the ground.

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Only one person on board survived. Surviving, Vishwash Kumar RameshHe recently spoke out and said he “lost everything” as a result of the tragedy.

“God gave me life but took away all my happiness and family,” he told the PA news agency. Guard. “This situation has completely devastated my family… this is very difficult for me and my family.”

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