India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is investigating the country’s deadliest aviation disaster in recent history: the crash of Air India’s AI171 (VT-ANB). But aside from a preliminary report and a guarded public appeal, the bureau has communicated little else
An administrative update to a 2015 safety notice issued by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has been misconstrued as a fresh safety directive in recent media reports in India, prompting the CAA to issue a clarification. The resurfaced notice,
In the final moments before Air India Flight AI171 plunged into a residential complex near Ahmedabad airport on 12 June 2025, one pilot asked the other a question that has since become the haunting core of this aviation mystery:“Why did
“Why Did You Cutoff?” – A Timeline of Horror in the Air India AI171 Crash Read More »
The preliminary report into the crash of Air India Flight AI171 on 12 June 2025 reveals a shocking and unexplained in-flight emergency: both engines shut down seconds after takeoff when the fuel control switches moved from RUN to CUTOFF positions,
It has now been several weeks since the catastrophic crash of Air India Flight AI171- one of the deadliest aviation disasters in India’s recent history. Out of concern and curiosity, I visited the website of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau
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NEW DELHI, June 26, 2025 – India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), in collaboration with the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), has started Air India Flight AI-171 Black Box analysis. The effort includes aviation medicine, ATC, and technical specialists
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