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"Wall Street Journal seems to know more than any of us in India": Aviation
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Following the Wall Street Journal report on the Air India AI171 crash, aviation expert Sanjay Lazar on Thursday expressed concern over the leak of investigation details in the United States. He pointed out that while the American report claims the flight commander may have switched off the f
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"Don't think report is ok": Aviation expert Sanat Kaul questions AI 171 cr
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Aviation expert Sanat Kaul on Sunday raised concerns over the preliminary report of the Air India 171 crash investigation, stating that it is "not ok." He emphasised the need for pilots to be included in the probe panel, as per the International Civil Aviation Organisation's (ICAO) charter.
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CVR recording establishes that pilots didn't turn off fuel switches: Aviat
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"It is a fact-finding report, and it has put some rumours to rest. CVR recording has clearly established that the pilots did not turn off fuel switches. A technical malfunction seems more likely. We should congratulate the Civil Aviation Minister and the Indian government for deciding to con
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"Cryptic in many ways": Expert Mark D Martin on Air India crash preliminar
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"It is the initial report, and it is quite cryptic in many ways. It says a lot of points that don't add up. If there were an engine failure, that is only when the RAT deploys. When the RAT deploys, there is only one course to restart the engine," Martin told ANI.
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Deployment of RAT indicates engine failure: Commercial Pilot Rajiv Pratap
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"This automatically happens in an aircraft when there is a twin-engine failure. So this, as indicated in the report, has happened, and both the initial stages of APU have started, and the RAT has deployed, so it indicates the engine failure has taken... When you start losing the aircraft, th
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Raises more questions than answers: Aviation expert on Air India crash pre
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"The AAIB report raises more questions than it answers. There are a lot of gaps, which might be filled once the investigation goes further. However, I've had a few issues. How was the US media alerted three days ago? Everyone carried it out, and something does seem correct here. The AAIB sho
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"Fault within aircraft that jet fuel switch turned off automatically": Civ
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Civil aviation expert Sanat Kaul stated on Saturday that the AAIB's preliminary report on the AI 171 crash indicates a manufacturing defect as the likely cause of the incident that killed 260 people, including 229 passengers, 12 crew members, and 19 people on the ground.
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"Conclusive that accident happened because both engines lost power": Aviat
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Aviation expert Ehsan Khalid stated on Saturday that the preliminary findings of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) indicate that the Air India crash in Ahmedabad occurred due to a loss of power in both engines.
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Road accidents are more common than air accidents: Aviation expert Subhash
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
He said that life has to go on and people should not stop travelling. The aviation expert added that the flight involved in the AI 171 plane crash first came from Paris, and later its security check was done in Delhi. Goyal asserted that no pilot or cabin crew would sit in the flight if they
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"Miracle within a tragedy": Aviation expert on lone survivor of Air India
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The lone survivor, identified as Vishwashkumar Ramesh, a British national of Indian origin, sustained injuries and is undergoing treatment.
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Loss of thrust, bird strike, pilot error or technical fault: Aviation expe
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Retired Captain and aviation expert Alok Singh has shared his insights on the tragic Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, which resulted in the loss of 241 lives. Singh attributed the crash to possible causes such as loss of thrust on both engines, bird strike, pilot error, or technical fa
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"Accidents never happen due to single reason": Aviation expert Devesh Agar
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Aviation Devesh Agarwal said, "Accidents never happen due to a single point of reason. There are always a series of reasons. That's why it is important to investigate this matter..."
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