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'No provisions': Pilots can't be in AI Ahmedabad crash probe committee

The New Indian Express Bengaluru

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October 04, 2025

THE Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has informed a leading pilot body, the Airline Pilots' Association of India (ALPA INDIA), that it would not be possible to include pilots in the ongoing final probe into the AI 171 crash at Ahmedabad.

- S LALITHA @ New Delhi

In its present form, the AAIB Act does not have any such provision, the association has been told.

The June 12 Boeing Dreamliner crash had left 260 people dead and the preliminary report has been released. Investigations are underway in connection with the final report. Various pilot bodies had blamed the preliminary report which pointed to human error and demanded that Subject Matter Experts (pilots with expertise) be included in the investigation process.

AAIB Director General, Yugandhar held a meeting at the DGCA office with the manag-

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