US EditionIndia top court asks for government response on plea for independent Air India crash probe
Families and an NGO challenge the preliminary report blaming pilot error, alleging withheld critical data and conflicts of interest in the investigation of the June Air India crash that killed 260.
- India's Supreme Court has asked the government to respond to a plea for an independent investigation into the Air India crash on June 12 that killed 260 people.
- The plea, filed by the NGO Safety Matters Foundation, raised concerns about a conflict of interest due to aviation safety personnel being part of the inquiry panel.
- The court emphasized the need for a 'fair, impartial, independent, and expeditious' probe while evaluating the ongoing investigation.
- Families of four passengers have also filed a lawsuit against Boeing and Honeywell in the United States related to the crash.
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Aviation Analyst: Lawsuit alleges Boeing, Honeywell knew of switch issues before deadly Air India crash
(QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Did product defect and negligence contribute to the deadly Air India crash that killed 260 people last June? The families of the four victims think so and have filed a lawsuit stating exactly that. This is likely the first of many lawsuits against Boeing and Honeywell. Boeing, being the planemaker of the accident aircraft, the Dreamliner 787, and Honeywell, the maker of the fuel cut-off switches used in that plane. As repor…
Three months after the crash of a Boeing 787 from Air India in Ahmedabad, which killed 260 victims, families of victims filed a complaint in the United States. They accused Boeing and its supplier Honeywell of ignoring a design defect on fuel switches, considered to have caused the tragedy.
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