The information that the Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation “accidentally” finished the investigation into the crash of 20 June 2025 involving Air India Flight AI-171 is incorrect and speculative, the bureau said. It denied having closed the investigation, which it maintained was still underway, and called for caution to ensure the integrity of its investigation and the confidence of the public.
Statement and Legal Framework of AAIB
An official clarification was given by AAIB, in which, the fact was repeated that the investigation is carried out under Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Rules, 2025, and the obligations of ICAO’s Annex 13. There is no verified information available in the public domain and only facts have been put across so far, for which no conjectural conclusions have been derived.
With respect to the preliminary report presented in July 2025, the board once again suggested that the report gave out factual information that had been made available up to that time. A full report will be presented once all evidences have been brought forward.
AAIB requested the news agencies to refrain from speculating in false facts that would result in agitation among the people and put in doubts in elaborate and painstaking technical works. It seems that the necessity of transparency and procedural integrity is a must in order to foster aviation safety.
Key facts from the preliminary findings.
The official preliminary findings confirm that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner operating as Flight AI-171 lost thrust from both engines shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad. At least they could ascertain that the fuel control switches got moved from ‘run’ to ‘cut-off’ in the final recorded moments.
The preliminary core includes excerpts of cockpit voice recorder, wherein one pilot asks why the engines were shut down and the other startlingly replies ‘it wasn’t me’. The preliminary report neither seeks to attribute blame nor explain how both engines came to shutdown almost at the same time.
The plane crash resulted in the deaths of two hundred sixty (260) people, including passengers and residents of the nearby medical students’ hostel. Only one passenger managed to survive. The AAIB claims that there is a need for factual and thorough technical analysis, data download, and validation of such conclusions.
Lack Outside Legislature and Judicial Overview
An Italian documentary has raised these allegations that the crash was a human rather than equipment malfunction, quoting anonymous Western sources who had forensically crossed off a technical malfunction. The same publication stated that the “final report will show an act of suicide” by one of the pilots.
AAIB condemned such pieces of reporting without mentioning the specific source, stating that such reports are “incorrect and speculative” and should not be purported as what actually happened. The bureau informed the public that its inquiry is still on, with teams of investigators keeping up at examining various scenario-proposed reasons, be them technical, human, or procedural ones.
In another matter, the Supreme Court has sought a status report from the AAIB of whatever procedural protocol is followed so far which will be received in three weeks. That judicial oversight underlines the need to perform a procedure that is precise, open and legally and politically sustainable.
The Importance of Evidence-Based Investigation in Aviation
Aircraft accident investigations exist to pinpoint the very cause of such accidents and to write down recommendations that would prevent future tragedies, which are provided in nervous system glitch recordings, but also by discoveries given by investigations on the usage of
Essential Oils for Healing.
“Investigation must rely on flight data, voice/mobility, maintenance reports, a crucial human factors analysis, engineering tests, and a whole slew of other disciplines.
An improper attribution of disaster can only harm the stiff and a lot of surviving families, no enhancement whatsoever can be reached to boost a more objective approach in the past, would defeat procedural fairness. The AAIB says that the final, peer-reviewed report is the only proper standard to interpret from. This is crucial for constitutional critique and for the correction of deadly safety improvements.”
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