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Pilots' body challenges AI171 crash findings, cites electrical failure theory

Pilots' body challenges AI171 crash findings, cites electrical failure theory

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The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has challenged the official explanation behind the crash of Air India Flight AI 171, claiming that fresh simulator tests suggest a major electrical failure and not deliberate action by the pilots that may have caused the disaster, as per IANS. Addressing a press conference, FIP President Captain C.S. Randhawa alleged that investigators overlooked critical technical evidence and excluded experienced aviation experts from key parts of the investigation. Official report blamed pilot actions The government’s interim report into the June 12, 2025 crash near Ahmedabad airport had concluded that the flight crew manually cut off fuel to the aircraft’s engines, leading to a loss of power shortly after take-off. According to the report, the aircraft’s ram air turbine (RAT) — an emergency backup power system — deployed four seconds after the fuel supply was cut. Simulator tests raise questions However, the pilots’ federation said it recently carried out simulator tests using the same weight, balance and weather conditions as the ill-fated flight. According to Randhawa, the results do not match …

Pilots’ body writes to AAIB, flags timeline, RAT deployment in AI 171 preliminary crash report

Pilots’ body writes to AAIB, flags timeline, RAT deployment in AI 171 preliminary crash report

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The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) have flagged the preliminary report on Air India flight AI-171 crash and suggested that the deployment of Ram Air Turbine (RAT) may not be linked to the fuel interruption. The tail part of an Air India plane, B787 Aircraft VT-ANB, while operating flight AI-171 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick, has crashed on the roof of a building, in Ahmedabad on Thursday. (Central Industrial Security Forc) In a letter to the Director General, Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, the pilots’ body said the simulator testing on Boeing 787 does not support the timeline mentioned in the AAIB Preliminary Report, released a month after the crash. Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, a body under the the Ministry of Civil Aviation, is investigating the Ahmedabad-London flight crash, that killed 260 people. The pilots’ body have flagged the link between the fuel control switch movement and RAT deployment, suggesting the latter could have resulted from electrical fault or other existing issue. It added that the RAT deployment may have occurred before fuel switch movement. “While the …

FDTL norms row: Delhi High Court reluctant to initiate contempt against DGCA

FDTL norms row: Delhi High Court reluctant to initiate contempt against DGCA

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The Delhi high court on Tuesday said that it was not prima facie convinced to initiate contempt proceedings against the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for granting exemptions to certain airline operators from implementing the new Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) norms. A file photo of Delhi high court in New Delhi. A bench of justice Amit Sharma expressed its reluctance while considering a petition filed by the Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP), seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the DGCA for allegedly failing to comply with the undertakings given to the court in February and April. In February, the DGCA had told the high court that the new FDTL norms would be rolled out in two phases. Of the 22 proposed clauses, 15, including increasing pilots’ weekly rest from 36 to 48 hours, were scheduled to take effect from July 1. The remaining seven clauses, such as the revised definition of night duty, were to be implemented from November 1. The changes deferred to November proposed classifying duty periods between midnight and 6 …