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7/12/2025, 8:45:08 PM No.510196173
In an official statement, Captain Sam Thomas, President of Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) India, said, "We feel that the investigation is being driven in a direction presuming the guilt of pilots, and we strongly object to this line of thought."
The association expressed surprise at the “secrecy surrounding these investigations” and questioned the qualifications of those involved. “We are reiterating the fact that suitably qualified personnel are not taken on board for these crucial investigations,” the statement read.
The pilots’ body also flagged a Wall Street Journal report published on July 10 that referred to the inadvertent movement of fuel control switches — a critical issue highlighted in the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) report. “How did this information reach them?” the statement asked, referring to the article.
The AAIB’s preliminary findings revealed that both fuel control switches of the Boeing 787 aircraft were flipped from “RUN” to “CUTOFF” within seconds of take-off from Ahmedabad on June 12, leading to engine shutdown. The cockpit voice recorder captured one pilot asking, “Why did you cut off the fuel?” and the other responding, “I did not do so.”
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pilots-association-flag-presuming-guilt-direction-of-air-india-ahmedabad-crash-report-2754840-2025-07-12
The association expressed surprise at the “secrecy surrounding these investigations” and questioned the qualifications of those involved. “We are reiterating the fact that suitably qualified personnel are not taken on board for these crucial investigations,” the statement read.
The pilots’ body also flagged a Wall Street Journal report published on July 10 that referred to the inadvertent movement of fuel control switches — a critical issue highlighted in the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) report. “How did this information reach them?” the statement asked, referring to the article.
The AAIB’s preliminary findings revealed that both fuel control switches of the Boeing 787 aircraft were flipped from “RUN” to “CUTOFF” within seconds of take-off from Ahmedabad on June 12, leading to engine shutdown. The cockpit voice recorder captured one pilot asking, “Why did you cut off the fuel?” and the other responding, “I did not do so.”
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pilots-association-flag-presuming-guilt-direction-of-air-india-ahmedabad-crash-report-2754840-2025-07-12
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