Air India crash investigation ‘leaning towards deliberate pilot motion’ | News World

Investigators within the Air India disaster, which killed 260 people, are reportedly leaning towards deliberate pilot motion moments before the crash.

The bombshell theory, which has been rumoured about for months because the June 12 crash in Ahmedabad, is looking increasingly likely in India’s investigation, in response to sources.

The experts have already ruled out a mechanical failure, they usually haven’t discovered evidence of sabotage, Bloomberg reports, citing people near the probe, who asked to not be named as the possibly explosive findings will not be yet public.

It means pilot motion stays the strongest line of enquiryin the crash, which left just one survivour.

Authorities and families of the pilots have reportedly been proof against the pilot involvement theory behind the crash, which happened just minutes after the Boeing 787 took off en path to London, causing certainly one of India’s worst aviation disasters.

The captain of the plane was Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, who had clocked over 15,600 hours within the cockpit. The second in command was the primary pilot, Clive Kunder, who had 3,403 hours of flying experience.

Previously leaked information from the investigation has suggested that the captain could have switched off the engine fuel flow, further raising suspicions concerning the cause.

And an early assessment by US officials suggested that the crash was not resulting from any problems with the jet.

This has raised speculation that the crash might have been a murder-suicide, although the investigation continues to be ongoing by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB).

Nonetheless, the questions have led to a blame game between the authorities,the pilots’ families and a pilots’ union.

An early report released by the AAIB as a normal procedure noted that the fuel cutoff switches had been moved from ‘run’ to cutoff, meaning the engine ended up with none fuel and the plane began to lose height.

The report says: ‘Within the cockpit voice recording, certainly one of the pilots is heard asking the opposite why did he cutoff. The opposite pilot responded that he didn’t achieve this.’

Many took this as an indication that the issue wasn’t with the plane, while families of the 2 men within the cockpit have argued they’re being scapegoated for the disaster to avoid blame on the plane manufacturer, Boeing.

The 91-year-old dad of captain Sabharwal, whom the Air India pilot was taking care of on the time of the crash, has asked India’s Supreme Court for an independent investigation.

The Air India flight was carrying 169 Indian nationals, 53 British, one Canadian and 7 Portuguese passengers when it crashed outside the airport, landing on a hospital accommodation constructing.

Just one person survived the crash.

Viswashkumar Ramesh said he’s the ‘luckiest man’ alive after climbing out of the wreckage, an escape that experts have described as inconceivable.

The agony of the grieving Air India families has been made worse after they received the unsuitable stays, including several British families.

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