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"Fuel switches moved without input, points to possible glitch": Federation
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
President of the Federation of Indian Pilots, Charanvir Singh Randhawa raised serious concerns over the preliminary investigation report released by the AAIB, regarding the Air India plane crash on June 12. He questioned the absence of clarity on key cockpit decisions and pointed to possible
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Woman found dead in Bihar's Vaishali; SHOs suspended for failing to file m
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The body of a woman was found in Bihar's Vaishali, said the police, adding that Station House Officers of Bhagwanpur Police Station and Goraul Police Station have been suspended after a preliminary investigation found that they refused to file a missing complaint of the woman's mother.
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"Not satisfied": AI171 crash victim's father demands deeper probe, stricte
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks 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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"Air India can't cause such negligence": Cabin crew's mother on AAIB preli
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pramila Patil, mother of crew member Maithili Patil, who died in the ill-fated Air India plane crash on June 12, reacted to the preliminary report of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) and said Air India can't cause such negligence.
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Tripura: Two female drug peddlers caught at Agartala Railway station with
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to officials, the two women were caught carrying 23 kg-- 660 grams of dry ganja, concealed in eight packets inside two trolley bags. Preliminary interrogation revealed that they were en-route to Chennai via Deoghar with the narcotics consignment.
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"Cryptic in many ways": Expert Mark D Martin on Air India crash preliminar
Updated : 10 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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Premature to assume human error: Captain Prashant Dhalla on Air India cras
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks 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 : 10 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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"AI 171 crash report leaves many doubts": Air Marshal (Retd) Sanjeev Kapoo
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks 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 : 10 months, 2 weeks 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 : 10 months, 2 weeks 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 : 10 months, 2 weeks 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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