Air India crash probe: Pilots' body seeks formal consideration of its tech submissions

NEW DELHI: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has urged the civil aviation ministry to ensure that its technical submissions on the Air India AI171 crash are formally considered before the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) finalises its probe report.The AAIB investigation into the June 12, 2025 crash in Ahmedabad, which killed 260 people, is at an advanced stage.In a letter to civil aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu on Friday, FIP sought to be nominated as an “independent technical participant in the review of the draft AI171 final investigation report”.FIP said it had “reliably learnt that the government/ ministry has directed or is considering requiring the draft report to undergo examination by an independent committee before it is circulated/ finalised”.