'SUBMISSION TO SENATE CONFIRMS FIP FACTS'

Whistleblower report flags earlier electrical fire to US Senate

- S Balakrishnan & Dhairya Gajara

A whistle blower's report to the U.S senate subcommittee on the Air India Boeing 787-8 flight AI-171 which crashed seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad airport on June 12 last year, has confirmed what the Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) and the family of Capt Sumeet Sabharwal have been saying from day one.

The FPJ had front-paged the whistle blower's report on Wednesday.

President of FIP Capt CS. Randhawa told FPJ that the submission made before the US. Senate's subcommittee only confirmed the facts presented by the pilot's body.