New Delhi, June 14 -- As investigators sift through the smoldering wreckage of Air India Flight AI-171, the spotlight has turned to India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), the independent agency now leading one of the most complex aviation probes in the country's history.

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed just 60 seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1:39 PM local time on June 12, 2025. The aircraft, carrying 242 people, plummeted into the Meghani Nagar residential area and a medical college hostel, killing all but one passenger and at least eight people on the ground. British national Vishwashkumar Ramesh, the sole survivor, described a sudden loud noise followed by a m...