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Yahoo
2 days ago
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Pilot groups reject claims of human error in Air India crash
Two major commercial pilots' associations have rejected claims human error caused an Air India crash that killed 260 people after a preliminary investigation report found the plane's engine fuel switches had been turned off. The report, issued Saturday by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), did not offer any conclusions or apportion blame for the June 12 disaster, but indicated that one pilot asked the other why he cut off fuel, and the second pilot responded that he had not. No more detail about the cockpit dialogue between the pilots was revealed. The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) said it was "deeply disturbed by speculative narratives... particularly the reckless and unfounded insinuation of pilot suicide." "There is absolutely no basis for such a claim at this stage," it said in a statement Sunday, adding, "it is deeply insensitive to the individuals and families involved." "To casually suggest pilot suicide without verified evidence is a gross violation of ethical reporting and a disservice to the dignity of the profession," it said. The initial probe finding sparked speculation by several independent aviation experts that deliberate or inadvertant pilot action may have caused the London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to crash soon after takeoff from Ahmedabad in western India. The ICPA was referring to a number of aviation experts suggesting engine fuel control switches can only be moved deliberately and manually. The Airline Pilots' Association of India (ALPA India), another pilots' body with 800 members, also accused the probe agency of "secrecy" surrounding the investigation, saying "suitably qualified personnel" were not involved in it. "We feel that the investigation is being driven in a direction presuming the guilt of pilots and we strongly object to this line of thought," ALPA India president Sam Thomas said in a statement issued on Saturday. ALPA -- which claims 100,000 members worldwide -- also requested to the AAIB that it be included as "observers so as to provide the requisite transparency in the investigations". The crash killed all but one of the 242 people on board as well as 19 people on the ground. pzb/mtp
Yahoo
2 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Pilot groups reject claims of human error in Air India crash
Two major commercial pilots' associations have rejected claims human error caused an Air India crash that killed 260 people after a preliminary investigation report found the plane's engine fuel switches had been turned off. The report, issued Saturday by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), did not offer any conclusions or apportion blame for the June 12 disaster, but indicated that one pilot asked the other why he cut off fuel, and the second pilot responded that he had not. No more detail about the cockpit dialogue between the pilots was revealed. The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) said it was "deeply disturbed by speculative narratives... particularly the reckless and unfounded insinuation of pilot suicide." "There is absolutely no basis for such a claim at this stage," it said in a statement Sunday, adding, "it is deeply insensitive to the individuals and families involved." "To casually suggest pilot suicide without verified evidence is a gross violation of ethical reporting and a disservice to the dignity of the profession," it said. The initial probe finding sparked speculation by several independent aviation experts that deliberate or inadvertant pilot action may have caused the London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to crash soon after takeoff from Ahmedabad in western India. The ICPA was referring to a number of aviation experts suggesting engine fuel control switches can only be moved deliberately and manually. The Airline Pilots' Association of India (ALPA India), another pilots' body with 800 members, also accused the probe agency of "secrecy" surrounding the investigation, saying "suitably qualified personnel" were not involved in it. "We feel that the investigation is being driven in a direction presuming the guilt of pilots and we strongly object to this line of thought," ALPA India president Sam Thomas said in a statement issued on Saturday. ALPA -- which claims 100,000 members worldwide -- also requested to the AAIB that it be included as "observers so as to provide the requisite transparency in the investigations". The crash killed all but one of the 242 people on board as well as 19 people on the ground. pzb/mtp
Al Jazeera
3 days ago
- Al Jazeera
Video: What Air India report tells us caused Flight 171 to crash
What Air India report tells us caused Flight 171 to crash NewsFeed A preliminary report by Indian authorities into what caused the Air India plane crash in June has revealed switches were flipped to cut fuel to the engines just moments after takeoff. Aviation experts think that means pilot error is unlikely to blame for the disaster which killed 260 people. Video Duration 00 minutes 24 seconds 00:24 Video Duration 02 minutes 24 seconds 02:24 Video Duration 00 minutes 57 seconds 00:57 Video Duration 03 minutes 31 seconds 03:31 Video Duration 02 minutes 14 seconds 02:14 Video Duration 03 minutes 13 seconds 03:13 Video Duration 00 minutes 49 seconds 00:49
Yahoo
4 days ago
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Fuel switches cut off before Air India crash that killed 260, preliminary report says
A preliminary report into the Air India crash last month casts light on the pilots' actions Both fuel control switches - which are used to turn the engines off - were moved to the cut-off position, the report says It says that in the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why he "did the cut-off". The other pilot, it says, responded that he did not do so It is not specified which voice is which. At the time the aircraft took off, the co-pilot was flying the plane, while the captain was monitoring An Air India spokesperson says it continues to "fully cooperate" with authorities At least 260 people were killed in the crash, the sole survivor - British national Vishwashkumar Ramesh - escaped the wreckage through an opening in the fuselage Fuel switches cut off before Air India crash that killed 260, preliminary report says
