Does not say the noise around the causes of the crash of flight 171 Indian water In Ahmedabad (12.06.2025) in India, killing 241 passengers and 19 people, 260.
Neither Air India Preliminary Find – which was released has shed light on the conditions. Instead, the 15 -page document revive the scenarios and assumptions. One detail continues to haunt researchers, experts and public experts. Who said what in the cockpit and why was the complete transcribed material not released?
Air India’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into a building less than one minute – To be precise in 32 seconds – After taking off from the city of Ahmedabad, western India, to London. The crash killed all 241 passengers, as well as 19 people on the ground. Only one passenger survived.
A few seconds after take -off, and without any external indicator were suddenly moved to ‘cut-off’ positioninterrupting fuel supply to engines and causing complete loss of power. This is a process that is applied only after landing.
The recorded dialogue in the cockpit reveals a pilot to ask the other: “Why did you close the switch?”with the second answering how did not do. The recording does not reveal who said what. At the time of the take -off, the aircraft was flying by the co -pilot, while the commander was watching the bodies.
The switches soon returned to the correct position, automatically activating the engine restart process. When the accident happened, one engine had begun to enter into force, and the latter had restarted but had not been able to regain power. The aircraft stayed in the air less than a minute before falling into a residential area of the city of Ahmedabad in West India.
Since then several theories have been released. The final finding is expected in about a year.
OR Wall Street Journal and the agency Reuters They report that new data in the study “shifts attention to the pilot”.
The Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera quotes sources claiming that the co -pilot repeatedly asked the governor why he “extinguished the engines”.
The commander of the flight was the 56 -year -old Sumit Sabarpical – who had depressed – While the Co -governor, 32 -year -old Clive Kunder, It was he who handled the aircraft at the time of take -off. The two pilots had a total of more than 19,000 hours of flight, almost half of them in this type of aircraft. Both had successfully passed all medical examinations before the flight.
Leaks and speculations have caused the pilots to be caused
The atmosphere, however, is heavy of leaks and speculations, causing the indignation of researchers and the air community in India.
India (AAIB) Air Accident Investigation Service (AAIB), which is leading the investigation, accused some international media of being “They are constantly attempting to draw conclusions through selective and non -verified information.” He stressed that such actions are “irresponsible, especially as the research remains in progress”.
Similarly critical was the President of the US National Transport Security Council (NTSB), Jennifer Homendi, who said the reports were “premature and hypothetical”, recalling that “research of such extent requires time”.
India’s Commercial Pilot Union for its part condemned the hastened to target the crew as “irresponsible” and shows ‘Anesthesia to the dead’, demanding self -restraint until the final finding is issued.
Sam Thomas, head of the Alpa India Airlines Association (ALPA India), told the BBC that “the conjecture has overpowered transparency” and stressed the need to carefully examine both the maintenance history of the aircraft and the data from the recorder.
At the center of the conflict lies the short excerpt From the recording of the cockpit included in the preliminary report. Complete transcript is expected to be included in the final finding, And it is thought to illuminate more what happened in the cockpit in those critical seconds.
Canadian air accident researcher, who asked not to be named, told BBC How the recording allows many. As he said:
‘If the pilot “B” He was the one who turned the switches – either unconsciously or without realizing it – it is understandable to deny it later. However, If the pilot “A” did it deliberately, then he might deliberately ask the other knowing that the conversation would be recorded, in order to disorient research and not be identified as responsible.
Even if the AAIB (India’s Air Accident Investigation Service) finally manages to identify the voices, this does not answer the question: “Who closed the fuels?” We may never know the truth. “
Although evidence shows that switches were closed manually, researchers insist on holding openly all possible. Some pilots have suggested as a possible cause a Dysfunction in the Fadec system (Full Authority Digital Engine Control), that controls the performance of the engines. In the case of incorrect signals from the sensors, Fadec can order the engines automatic.
However, if the pilot’s question (“Why did you do it?”) Followed the deactivation, as shown by the report, then the technical error scenario becomes less likely. The final finding is expected to include a timely dialogue and a detailed presentation of the engine data.
“Why did you close the switch?” – The phrase from the cockpit that deepen the mystery
The preliminary report published only one phrase from the cockpit, silent the rest of the content. This has raised new questions: Do the researchers know who said what but preferred not to publicize the names of sensitivity? Or have they yet ended nowhere and need more time?
Peter Gelz, a former NTSB director, suggested that AAIB published complete transcript, identifying the voices of the pilots. As he explains, “if problems had occurred during take -off, they would have been recorded in the black box and have given alerts to the flight management system – which the crew would have certainly noticed and, above all, commenting.”
«It is easy to assume that someone did it deliberately – That it is a human mistake, suicide, something else. But this is a dangerous road with the limited data we have, “says Sean Proutsniki, a former air accident researcher and aviation expert at Ohio State University.
At the same time, other theories continue to circulate. Indian Express and other Indian media referred to a Possible electric fire in the tail of the aircraft.
However, the preliminary report is clear: the engines were closed because the fuel switches moved to the position “off“If there was fire in the queue, it was probably caused after a bump, by leakage of fuel or worn out batteries, according to an independent researcher.
The head of AAIB stressed that the aim of the preliminary report is to identify “what happened”, not why. ‘It’s too early for safe conclusions’, He said, assuring that the final report would look for the “roots of the causes and prevention recommendations”. He also promised transparency to all technical issues or issues of public interest.
As Son Proutsniki summarizes, the research “ends in two possible scenarios: Whether it is deliberate energy, or a problem or a problem. ”
And, at least so far, there is no “weapon of crime” but gaps and an expectation for answers that may never come …