No Mechanical Faults found in Crashed plane: Air India CEOTop Stories

July 14, 2025 14:43
No Mechanical Faults found in Crashed plane: Air India CEO

The head of Air India, Campbell Wilson, announced on Monday that the first look into the terrible accident last month involving a Boeing Dreamliner found nothing wrong with how the plane worked or was taken care of. This information is from the first report made public by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB). The accident of Flight AI 171 on June 12, which was going from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, sadly caused the deaths of 260 people when the plane hit a building soon after it left the ground. The AAIB shared what it initially found on Saturday. In a message to some Air India workers, Wilson said, "All needed maintenance work had been completed. The fuel was good, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary when it took off."

Wilson also made clear that both pilots passed the breath tests they needed to take before the flight, and the AAIB report didn't say anything about their health. Because the AAIB didn't find a specific reason and didn't make any suggestions in its first report, the Air India head warned against “coming to quick judgements because the investigation is still happening.” As a safety measure, Wilson said that the airline checked all of its 787 Dreamliner planes soon after the accident and decided that all were safe to fly. "We are still doing the checks we need to on all planes, including any new ones that officials might suggest," he added.

A group of five investigators chosen by the AAIB is investigating the accident of Air India flight AI 171. Their early report says that the fuel switches for the engines were shut off within one second just after takeoff, which caused confusion in the cockpit. Talking about the cockpit voice recordings, the 15-page investigation report said that one pilot asked why the switch was turned off, while the other pilot said that he hadn’t done it. Air India, which is the second biggest airline in India based on how much of the local market it has, is owned by the Tata Group.

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