Ahemdabad air india flight crash: In the Rajya Sabha on Monday, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Muralidhar Mohol said that in the last six months, a total of 9 cause notices have been issued to Air India due to 5 separate security violations. Action on a violation has been completed. A few seconds after flying from Ahmedabad Airport on 12 June 2025, the flight of Air India, going to London, crashed. The aircraft fell on a medical hostel building, killing 241 out of 242 passengers, as well as many people on the ground were killed.

AAIB gave preliminary report
Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released a preliminary report of the accident on 12 July. The report said that soon after the takeoff, the fuel switches of both engines were closed. In the black box recording, a pilot asks the other-“Why did you cut?”, I got the answer-“I did not.”

No negative reports
The Minister of State said that the credibility report of the accident aircraft did not see any negative trend in the last six months. Despite this, the entire investigation of the accident is being done by AAIB under Rule 11.

Union aviation minister raging on Western media
Ram Mohan Naidu said that the coverage of Air India Crash may have vested interests of Western media. He further said that the government will wait for the final investigation report. Criticizing Western Media, he appreciated the Aaib to decode the black box and appealed to the world not to draw a hurry.

Naidu said that this is the first time that the country did not need to send the black box to another country, as its lab has been set up to analyze flight data and cockpit recording. He was referring to the new facility established for analysis of aircraft flight data and cockpit recording at AAIB headquarters in Delhi in April.

Air India Plane Crash: The preliminary investigation report of Air India flight AI171 in Ahmedabad in Ahmedabad has come out. This report has revealed that in 2018, US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a special aircraft information bulletin (Saib No. NM-18-33) and warned about the possible problem of the removal of the locking feature of fuel control switch in Boeing aircraft. This bulletin was also involved in the planes like B787-8. Was.

What is the problem of locking feature of fuel control switch?
The fuel control switch locking feature is a safety system that prevents unintentional operation between fuel supply and cut-offs of the aircraft engine. The FAA report said that if this locking feature becomes inactive, then the switch can be replaced between the two positions (On and Off) without picking up the switch, which can lead to a serious event like unknowing engine shutdown.

FAA reported ignored
The report also stated that this warning of FAA was not mandatory, but was only advisory, so inspections related to it were not done. This is an important point, because if it had been investigated in time, the accident could have been avoided. Retired pilot Captain Ehsan Khalid of IAF said that the fuel cut-off switch is run physically by the pilot, it is not automatic. He said, ‘If the movement of the fuel cut-off switch has been recorded, then it is a sign of an attempt by the pilot to resume the engine. But the truth is that the power of the engine itself was closed, the pilot did not give any input, it is clear from the report.

What is in the preliminary report of AAIB?
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has released a 15 -page preliminary report a month after the accident, which describes the preliminary investigation and the situation so far. The AI171 aircraft, which was going from Ahmedabad to Gatwick from London, collided with a medical hostel complex shortly after the takeoff. Only one of the 241 passengers could survive in this accident.

The report said that debris investigation, postmortem report and investigation of parts are still going on. So far no recommendation has been issued for B787-8 aircraft or GE GENX-1B engine operators.

Air India and Boeing are cooperating
Air India has said that it is fully supporting the investigation, and Boeing said that it will allow AAIB to share information under the Unnex 13 protocol of the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).