Pilots’ federation seeks technical hearing before final AI-171 crash report
The Federation of Indian Pilots has asked the AAIB for a formal technical hearing before its final report on Air India flight AI-171’s June 2025 crash, urging further simulator, systems, maintenance and operational analysis and pushing back on pilot-error speculation.
What happened
Pilots’ body FIP seeks a formal technical hearing with AAIB before its final report on Air India AI-171’s June 2025 crash, challenging premature pilot-error
Key facts
- AI-171
- 5,000-member federation
- 15 September
- 17 August
- 28 July
- first week of October
- 242 people on board
- 241 onboard deaths
- 19 ground deaths
- 260 total deaths
- 12 June 2025
- Boeing 787-8
Why this matters
Any airline, aviation-services or insurance partnership involving Air India should include enhanced diligence on safety systems, maintenance controls, governance exposure and potential post-report remediation costs.