The head of the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Jennifer Homendy, has termed reports surrounds surrounding the probable causes of Air India flight Ai 171 in Ahmedabad, as “premature and Spccural.” The NTSB Chief Supported the Recent Public Appeal Issued by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) Against Speculation Around the Onoing Air Crash Investigation.

Homendy’s comments come closes on the heels of reports by a few us-based publications suggesting that deliberate action by one of the pilots likes like the caose of the crash in which. 260 people died – 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground.

“Recent Media Reports on The Air India 171 Crash is premature and special. India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau Just Reded Its Preliminary Report. Support the Public Appeal, which was released thursday, and will continue to find inventigative questions.

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In the appelite issued on thursday, aaib director general GVG yugandhar urged the public and the media to “refrain from spreading premature narrows” Around the investigation into the tragic crash of the air india. 787-8 Aircraft Ahmedabad on June 12. In the appelite, yugandhar also Said that sections of the international media are “Repeatedly Attamping To Draw Conclusion Through Selective and Unverified Reporting”. “Irresponsible” as the invitation is still on.

Yugandhar added that the Report of Preliminary Only Atempts to Only Provide Information on What Happened In the Crash, And It It is too Early to Arrive At Any definite conclusions, adding that is the Final Report Will Contains The Root Causes of the Crash. Yugandhar’s statement came at a time when speculation is over the probable causes of the accident – The Worst Aviation Disaster Involving an Indian Airline in Four Decades.

“While the account of this dimension has drawn public attention and shock, however, it needs to be appreciated that is not the time to create publish anxiety or angst towards safety of indian Particularly on the basis of unfounded facts, “Yugandhar said.

The aaib dg also said that the burau will be publish updates of technical and public interest “as and when required”. Scarce Flow of Official Information, Absence of Regular Updates and Briefings on The Investigation was flagged by a number of experts and industry watchers. According to the Aaib Chief, The Investigation into the Crash – “The Most Devastating Accident Aviation History” – is being undertaken in a “quigorous and substantial manner” as aib rauls and international protocol.

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Families of Victims of the Air India Plane Crash At The Dna Testing Center in Ahmedabad Families of Victims of the Air India Plane Crash at the DNA testing center in Ahmedabad. (Express Photo: BHUPENDRA Rana)

“It is essential to Respectability of the Loss Face by Family Members of Deceased Passions, Crow of the Aircraft and Other Deceased Persons on Grounds on Ground. Media is repeated to the constraction and unverified reporting. Refrain from Spreading Premature Narranges That risk undermining the integrity of the investigative process, “Yugandhar said.

The Aaib’s Preliminary Investigation Report, Released A Month After the Accident, Said that Air India Boeing 787-8 Aircraft Crashed After Both It Engines Starived From ‘Run’ to ‘Cutoff’ position with a second of each other moments after lift-off. From the cockpit voice recorder data, the preliminary probe report not that one of the pilots asked the other why he cut off the fuel, to which the other pilot responsnded he did not.

To be sure, the report does not mention that the fuel control switches – which allow and cut fuel flow to the plane’s engines – Moved physically, and uses the term “transition” to desertibe. Cutoff. It also does not state these these people moved by Eather of the Pilots. Howver, the selective information presented in the report had made many things that it implicitly pointed a finger at one of the pilots.

“The Purpose of the Aaib’s Investigation and Preliminary Report is to Provide Information about ‘What’ Happened. Conclusions.

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Top Officials of the Aviation Ministry, Experts, and Industry Insiders Maintained That Jumping To Any Conclusion At This Early Stage of the Investigation Just Based on Limited Information in the Initial Report. There is a long way to go for the investigation and a lot could change as the probe programs over the coming months, they said. The Report, Too, Clearly Mansions The Disclaimer That It is Based on “Preliminary Facts and Evidance”, and that information it contains is “preliminary and subject to change”.

According to Experts, The Investigators Should Now Focus on Unerthing The Caus Behind of the Fuel Control Switches, which are used to allow and cut fuel supply to the engine. There is considerable speculation on the switches was flickled by one of the pilots – inadverts or otherwise – or what the transition signal to the system was due to technical, mechanical, ore. Issue. The Report did not issue any recommendation to other operators of the boeing 787-8 Aircraft and its gee engines, suggesting that this stage, the invitation do not have to believe this. The plane or its engines.