India, July 20 -- The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has reportedly roped in veteran pilot and former Air India director of operations Captain RS Sandhu as a domain expert in the ongoing probe into last month's Ahmedabad plane crash that claimed 260 lives.

On June 12, the Air India Boeing 787-8, operating a flight from Gujarat' Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, crashed into a building shortly after takeoff. The crash killed 260 people, including 19 individuals on the ground as the plane plumetted into a hostel building. Of the 242 people onboard, only one passenger survived.

Captain Sandhu, a seasoned aviator who served Air India for nearly four decades, was also the designated examiner for the Boeing 787-8 fleet and had perso...