Tata Group chairman Chandrasekaran ‘apologises’ for Ahmedabad AI plane crash

Tata Sons and Air India President N. Chandrasekaran, June 18, 2025 on Wednesday, last week in Ahmedabad more than 270 Air India Air Aircraft Craft “apologized” for the accident.

In an interview through a news, Mr. Chandrasekaran said, ım I have no word to express any of the families of the dead to console any of their families. ” He said.

Chandrasekaran, “I regret that this accident took place in a airline operated by Tata. And I am very upset. And the only thing we can do is to be with families, sitting with them, leaning with them and supporting them beyond this time and beyond,” he said.

On June 12, more than 270 people died in Ahmedabad, a Air India plane of London-Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner-242 passenger and crew hit a medical school complex in Ahmedabad and fell shortly after the departure.

When asked whether the cause of the accident and whether Air India is special for any pre -finding, Mr. Chandrasekaran said, “He will have to wait for the probe to conclude.”

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Office began investigation into the accident and the government appointed a senior committee.

Mr. Chandrasekaran said that it could be a month to end some pre -findings. However, the falling flight claimed that AI171 had a clean history and that it was not a raised red flag.

Chandrasekaran, “Human error, airlines speculation about airlines, motors, maintenance, all kinds of speculation,” he said.

“There are too many speculation and many theories. But the fact that I have ever known is that this special aircraft, this special queue, AI-171 has a clean history. As for the engines, the right engine was a new engine in March 2025. The left engine was last served in 2023 and need to be paid in December 2025 for the next maintenance control.

“Both pilots are extraordinary. Captain Sabharwal had more than 11,500 hours of flight experience, the first officer Clive (Kundar) had more than 3400 hours of flight experience. So what I heard from his colleagues is that they are perfect pilots and big professionals. We cannot jump for any conclusion.

When asked about the reasons for the demonstration published by DGCA in the recent past, he said that they were not related to AI171 aircraft for Air India or fines for delays and operational issues.

“These are different from the security problems. If there is a security problem, there is no way for DGCA (General Directorate of Civil Aviation) to fly. And about this specific plane, what I see is what I say to you.”

Mr. Chandrasekaran said that none of the 33 Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a part of Air India’s fleet’s fleet, was not served by Turkish technology and did not serve the falling planes in the midst of any Turkish connection.

“None of these (33 Dreamliner) are protected by Turkish technique. Most AIESL (AI Engineering Services Limited) or SIA Engineering Company (Main Establishment Singapore Airlines),” he said.

Former Union Civil Aviation Minister Prafful Patel questioned the ‘silence’ of Singapore Airlines, which Air India said he was responsible for protecting large -bodied planes as well as being a shareholder in Air India.

In an interview, Mr. Chandrasekaran responded to Mr. Patel’s allegations, “Singapore airlines became a big partner. And since we took over, we have helped us in many dimensions. Even some security procedures, best processes, Singapore Airlines.

“We took this from Vistara and many of the processes we needed are the best of the classes. They even reached us at the moment. CEOs are in constant contact with me. Whether customer experience or another process, they always present all the help they can do.”

Mr. Chandrasekaran was also asked noticers who spoke against Boeing in the context of production processes associated with the production of 787 Dreamliner.

Air India President, “These are the things that are discussed by the US investigation agencies, but the general 787s have been flying for a long time, and Air India had 27 787 until we bought it.

Since the June 12 tragedy, several Air India flights have been canceled or faced delays and caused serious concerns between passengers.

Mr. Chandrasekaran admitted that Air India had to do a better job to communicate with passengers on these issues.

“There are more than 1100 flights that we fly every day. And in the last six days, it was anywhere between 5 to 16 or 18 flights that were canceled on the day,” he added.

“We should do a better job in communication. We have put a strategic communication team in the last three days,” Chandrasekaran said.

Mr. Chandrasekar met with Boeing’s senior officials after tragedy. “So I have established the highest levels with both Boeing and GE. In parallel with the DGCA controls we have experienced, I asked them to check if there were problems with aircraft or engines, and told us to tell us.”