New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has objected to the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) approaching Capt. Varun Anand, nephew of late Capt. Sumeet Sabharwal, in connection with the probe into the AI 171 crash and has served a legal notice to the probe agency. In the notice sent on January 11, the pilots' body has claimed that Anand has no association whatsoever with the aircraft, the flight in question, etc, and "the governing framework does not contemplate examination of family members of deceased crew who have no factual or technical linkage to the occurrence." Capt. Anand is a narrow-body aircraft pilot with Air India. According to the legal notice, Air India informed Capt. Anand that the AAIB had asked him to appear in connection with the incident on June 12, when Air India's widebody Boeing 787-8 aircraft operating airline's flight AI171 enroute to London Gatwick crashed soon after take off from Ahmedabad Airport killing 260 people, including all 241 people on board the aircraft. "The intimation does not disclose the statutory provision, purpose or relevance under which Capt. Varun Anand has been summoned, nor does it specify the capacity in which his presence is required," the notice said. The FIP said the pilot has no association whatsoever with the aircraft, the flight in question, its planning, dispatch, operation, maintenance, certification, airworthiness clearance or crew composition. It also clarified that Capt. Anand was not present at the site of the accident and does not possess any factual, technical or operational knowledge relating to the circumstances of the accident. "The summoning of the nephew of the deceased pilot and his relatives, irrespective of their lack of nexus with the incident, reinforces the apprehension that such actions are not rooted in any lawful investigative necessity," the notice said. "The summoning of Capt. Anand, as also of other family members, is wholly without jurisdiction," the notice said. A government official did not respond to HT's queries....