India, July 17 -- The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) on Wednesday expressed its dissatisfaction with the preliminary probe report on the June 12 Air India plane crash released last week.

The pilots' body objected to the exclusion of pilot representatives from the investigation and called for a thorough probe before "assigning blame".

"Assigning blame before a thorough, transparent, and data-driven investigation is both premature and irresponsible. Such speculative commentary undermines the professionalism of highly trained crew members and causes undue distress to their families and colleagues," the FIP said in a statement.

The remarks came days after an Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) report revealed that both fuel co...