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"Not about witch hunt to blame pilots but ...": Aviation Safety consultant
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
"My point is very simple. When you don't have the engines in the first place, when the engines have failed, when fuel is not going to the engine, why does the point of fuel cut-off come up? Now what they're trying to do is put the blame deliberately on the pilots and exonerate the OEM (Origi
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Ben-Gurion Airport expands as foreign airlines return to Israel
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Numerous foreign carriers are set to resume operations following the European Aviation Authority's decision to lift its advisory against flying to Israel. Nearly 3.4 million passengers are expected over July and August.
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"Only one who stands firm during adversity is a real leader": Maharashtra
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis hailed Pune MP and MoS Civil Aviation and Cooperation Murlidhar Mohol as a true leader who worked tirelessly during times of crisis, stating, "Only the one who stands firm during adversity is a real leader.
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"Not satisfied": AI171 crash victim's father demands deeper probe, stricte
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
The father of Sanket Goswami, a 19-year-old student who died in last month's Air India AI171 crash, stated that he was "not satisfied" with the preliminary investigation report released by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), and requested the government to conduct a "thorou
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CVR recording establishes that pilots didn't turn off fuel switches: Aviat
Updated : 8 months, 1 week 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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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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"Pilots did everything right": Captain Umang N Jani on AI 171's crash repo
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
"The pilot did everything right. It is part of the training that when engines fail, you attempt to restart them. The report also suggests that the fuel switch is in the run position. This aircraft has an FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control) system in place. When you start the engine
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Raises more questions than answers: Aviation expert on Air India crash pre
Updated : 8 months, 1 week 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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"AI 171 crash report leaves many doubts": Air Marshal (Retd) Sanjeev Kapoo
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Reacting to the preliminary findings of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), retired Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor has questioned the unexplained engine and electrical failures highlighted in the report, saying it "leaves many doubts" and demands a deeper technical probe into the
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"No stone should be left unturned,": Aviation safety firm's CEO on AI 171'
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Martin said that one should wait for the full report to come out, but questioned certain aspects of the preliminary report which suggested pilot error, saying that it is "highly unlikely that any pilot, especially during take-off would want to meddle or fiddle around with switches behind the
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"Action will be taken against those found responsible": Union Minister Pra
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Reacting to the preliminary findings of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), Union Minister Prataprao Jadhav on Saturday expressed serious concern over the Air India AI171 plane accident at Ahmedabad airport, calling it a worrying incident for the entire country. He said the
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