Was the Air India crash caused by pilot error or technical fault? None of the theories holds up – yet
- Written by Guido Carim Junior, Senior Lecturer in Aviation, Griffith University
Over the weekend, the Indian Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau released a preliminary report on last month’s crash of Air India flight 171, which killed 260 people, 19 of them on the ground.
The aim of a preliminary report is to present factual information gathered so far and to inform further lines of inquiry. However, the 15-page...