Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - Aviation accident experts probing the devastating Air India Flight 171 crash are now investigating whether sabotage played a part in the doomed aircraft's fate.
All 242 passengers but one onboard the Boeing 787-8
Dreamliner were k!lled shortly after taking off from the western Indian city of
Ahmedabad on June 12.
The sole survivor was identified as Vishwash Kumar
Ramesh, 40, a British father who lost his brother in the tragic incident.
The aircraft spent less than 40 seconds in the air before
exploding upon impact and numerous explanations have been put forward for the
plane's premature descent.
India's minister of state for civil aviation, Murlidhar
Mohol, confirmed that sabotage is among the possible causes being explored by
crash investigators.
Speaking with NDTV's Jitendra Dixit, he described the
crash as an 'unfortunate incident' but said that India's Aircraft Accident
Investigation Bureau (AAIB) were not ruling out any theories.
He added: 'The AAIB has begun a full investigation into it.
It is being probed from all angles, including any possible sabotage.
'The CCTV footage are being reviewed and all angles are
being assessed, several agencies are working on it.'
Many have questioned if technical tampering was responsible
based on the final in-cockpit recordings from the pilots flying Air India
flight 171.
Captain Sumeet Sabharwal radioed air traffic control saying:
'Thrust not achieved... falling... Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!' - suggesting he did
not have full control of the aircraft.
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