‘Pilots’ talk too brief to be conclusive’

 

 

UNION Minister Murlidhar Mohol on Saturday said the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB)’s report on the Ahmedabad plane crash was a preliminary one and conclusions cannot be drawn based on it as the conversation between the pilots was very brief.TheMinisterofState forCivil Aviation was talking to reportershere about theinvestigation into the June 12 plane crash.

 

The AAIB has released its preliminary report on the fatal Air India plane crash. Ithas found that the fuelsupply to both engines was cut off within a second of each other, causingconfusionin thecockpit and the airplane plummeting back to ground almost immediately after taking off. Mohol said, “This is a preliminary report. We cannot draw any conclusions based on it. Earlier, in case of such accidents, theblackbox had to be sent abroad. Now, we can complete this investigation quickly ourselves.

 

The AAIB is an independent body.There is no interference from the Ministry in it.” “No conclusions can be drawn based on the pilots’ conversation as it is verybrief.Furtherinvestigation isnecessary.Weshouldwait for that report,” he added.