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"Cryptic in many ways": Expert Mark D Martin on Air India crash preliminar
Updated : 8 months 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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Premature to assume human error: Captain Prashant Dhalla on Air India cras
Updated : 8 months ago IST
"We have studied the startle effect under human factors. This can be a situation where, due to the startle effect, pilots can do things inadvertently. This is one of the possibilities, which might be a theory, that an electrical failure occurred in the aircraft. In that situation, the pilots
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Raises more questions than answers: Aviation expert on Air India crash pre
Updated : 8 months 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 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 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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"Biased towards pilot error": Pilot Association insists on fair inquiry in
Updated : 8 months ago IST
"The tone and direction of the investigation suggest a bias toward pilot error. We categorically reject this presumption and insist on a fair, fact-based inquiry," the pilots' association said in a media statement.
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"Action will be taken against those found responsible": Union Minister Pra
Updated : 8 months 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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"Have certain questions to ask...": Kin of AI-171 plane crash victim as AA
Updated : 8 months ago IST
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on Friday released the preliminary report of the AI-171 plane crash. Yashpal Singh Vansdiya, who lost both his parents in the accident, has questioned the "government and investigation agencies".
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"Commendable job": Union Minister Ram Mohan Naidu hails AAIB for prelimina
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Saturday hailed the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) for conducting a "transparent and professional" investigation into the Air India flight AI171 crash.
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"We should not arrive at any conclusion": MoS Civil Aviation on AAIB's pre
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol on Saturday urged not to draw conclusions based on the preliminary report released by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on the Air India flight AI171 crash.
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"Fault within aircraft that jet fuel switch turned off automatically": Civ
Updated : 8 months 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 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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