Noida, July 12 -- Reacting to the preliminary findings of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), retired Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor has questioned the unexplained engine and electrical failures highlighted in the report, saying it "leaves many doubts" and demands a deeper technical probe into the sequence of events that unfolded shortly after takeoff of Air India aircraft that crashed on June 12.

Calling the findings inconclusive, Kapoor has urged a deeper technical probe into what he described as a "grave mid-air emergency" that unfolded within seconds of the aircraft's departure from Ahmedabad.

The Air India Boeing 787-8 aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport ...