"Every possibility must be checked": Congress' Pramod Tiwari demands investigation on AI 171 crash
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 13 (ANI): Congress MP Pramod Tiwari demanded an investigation into all possible reasons for the crash of the Air India 171 flight.
'Many precious lives have gone away... Technically, it must be checked, and every possibility should be checked...' Tiwari told ANI.
Tiwari also expressed grief at the death of the people and stated that it left the mind 'distressed.'
'The way the accident happened is a matter of concern... Watching the stories of many families makes my mind distressed. Within 30 seconds of flying, the error in the plane was detected,' he further stated.
Earlier, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge had also demanded a judicial probe into the accident.
'The incident must be thoroughly investigated. A sitting or retired Supreme Court judge should be appointed to probe the Ahmedabad Air India crash. The truth must come out,' Kharge said.
Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma also expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives in the crash.
'May God give strength to the families of the deceased... I am deeply saddened that Vijay Rupani is no more. This is a matter of learning why all this happened,' Sharma told ANI.
The AI-171 Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 aeroplane bound for London's Gatwick had crashed shortly after it took off from the Ahmedabad International Airport on Thursday. The airlines said only one out of the 242 people on board the aircraft survived the crash.
The Air India flight to London crashed soon after it took off from the Ahmedabad International Airport, into a medical college complex in Meghaninagar nearby.
The aircraft was piloted by Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, a Line Training Captain with 8,200 hours of flying experience, assisted by First Officer Clive Kundar, who had logged 1,100 flying hours.
According to Air Traffic Control (ATC), the aircraft departed from Ahmedabad at 1339 IST (0809 UTC) from runway 23. It made a Mayday call to ATC, but thereafter, the aircraft did not respond to the calls made by ATC.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau is a division of the Ministry of Civil Aviation tasked with probing aircraft accidents in India.
A formal investigation has been launched by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) into the deadly crash of Air India flight 171 that killed 241 people onboard, Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu confirmed on Thursday. (ANI)
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