India, July 16 -- The June 12 Air India crash's preliminary investigation report has reignited a decades-old debate over installation of video cameras inside cockpits to monitor pilot actions along with the voce and flight data recorders that are already used by investigators.

On June 12, an Air India Boeing 787-8 aircraft, with callsign AI171, bound for London's Gatwick Airport crashed shortly after takeoff from Gujarat's Ahmedabad and plummeted into a medical hostel building close to the airport. The crash killed 260 people, including all but one passengers.

One of the aviation industry's most influential voices, International Air Transport Association head Willie Walsh, a former airline pilot, said on Wednesday there was a strong arg...