India, Nov. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Friday told the father of the Air India pilot who died in the June Ahmedabad Dreamliner crash that his son was not to blame for the tragedy, which killed 260 people, media reports said.

The court also issued notices to the Centre, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), and the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), seeking their response on the matter.

The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) had also filed a separate plea demanding an independent probe.

The judge's observation came as the petitioner's lawyer, Gopal Shankaranarayan, cited an article by The Wall Street Journal that allegedly suggested pilot error.

The lawyer, however, argued that the article had quoted "an Indian go...