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Civil Aviation Minister K.K. Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu said on Tuesday that there is no disturbance in the investigation into the Ahmedabad Air India aircraft accident. The minister said that the investigation is fair and according to the rules.
The minister made this statement on the questions arising on the investigation of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB). In September, a 91 -year -old father of Captain Sumit Sabharwal, one of the two pilots of the aircraft, alleged that the investigation team accused his son in August that he had stopped the fuel supply of the plane.
Pushkar Raj Sabharwal also emailed the Indian Pilots Federation on 17 September. It was written in the email that the AAIB authorities came to his house on 30 August ‘pretext of consolation’. He had said in gestures that Captain Sabharwal had stopped fuel supply.
Email said that
In this conversation, he went out of his realm. He said that on the basis of CVR report and ‘Lear Voice Analysis’, it was found that my son cut off the fuel control switches after the takeoff.
Earlier, he wrote a letter to the Ministry of Civil Aviation demanding additional investigation into the accident.
July 12: Aaib released the report of the accident
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau of Investigation (AAIB) released its primary report on the Ahmedabad plane crash on 12 July. The report mentioned the conversation between pilot Sumit Sabharwal and Co-Pilot Clive Kunder.
According to the cockpit audio, a pilot asked- why did you cut? And the other replied- I did not. Due to this, there was speculation about the mistake of the pilot.
September 22: Supreme Court said- Discussion of pilot’s mistake regrettable
The Supreme Court had described the discussions arising about the mistake of the pilot in the plane crash in Ahmedabad. The court sought a response from the Central Government, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Aircraft Accident Investigation (AAIB) on 22 September.
Justice Suryakant and Justice N. Kotishwar Singh’s bench also paid attention to the possibility of conducting an independent inquiry into the matter. Aviation security NGO Safety Matters Foundation filed a PIL regarding this. Read full news …
Wall Street General accused three months ago
Three months ago, the American newspaper Wall Street Journal (WSJ) claimed in its report about the last conversation between the two pilots of the Air India aircraft crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12. It was written in the report that the captain of the aircraft Sumit Sabharwal had stopped the supply of fuel in the engines.
The WSJ reported that the disclosure was made by the cockpit recording of the conversation between the two pilots. Voice recording revealed that Clive Kundar, who was flying Boeing aircraft, asked Captain Sumit Sabharwal, ‘Why did you make the fuel switch in’ Cutoff ‘position?’
Co-pilots were surprised while questioning. His voice was nervous, while Captain Sumit looked calm. Read full news …
270 people died in the accident
The Boeing 787-8 aircraft of Air India going from Ahmedabad to London collided with a medical hostel building shortly after the takeoff on June 12. 270 people died in this. Sumit Sabharwal was the main pilot and Clive Kundar K-Pilot of the flight.
Pilots and co-pilots were experienced
Ahmedabad-Landan flight pilot Sumit Sabharwal and co-pilot Clive Kunder were. Sumit had a flying experience of over 8,200 hours. The co-pilot also had a 1,100-hour flying experience. That is, both were experienced pilots.
Former CM Vijay Rupani also died in the plane crash
Air India flight number AI 171 was going from Ahmedabad to London. It had a total of 230 passengers, including 169 Indians, 53 British, 7 Portuguese and one Canadian citizen. These included 103 men, 114 females, 11 children and 2 newborns. The remaining 12 were crew members. Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani also passed away in the accident.
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