New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on Thursday night said that the probe into the June 2025 Air India Flight AI-171 crash is still ongoing, dismissing a media report that blamed the pilot for the disaster that claimed 260 lives.
The bureau categorically rejected a report by the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, which claimed the investigation had been completed and attributed the crash to an alleged "intentional act" by one of the pilots.
According to the newspaper, Indian investigators were preparing to conclude in the final report that the aircraft went down after a pilot switched off the fuel controls in what was described as an "almost certainly" deliberate move, it said, citing sources in Wes...