‘Prejudice Pilot Error’: Pilots’ Association Air India enhances concerns on crash reports; Demand transparency | Bharat News
New Delhi: Airline Pilot Association of India (ALPA) on Saturday expressed concern over the Air India Plain accident in Ahmedabad, the Bureau of Investigation Bureau of Investigation (AAIB), saying that the investigation seems to be responsible for the pilot accident. Alpa India president Sam Thomas said in a statement, “The tone and Disha of the investigation suggests prejudice to the pilot error. We clearly reject this estimate and emphasize a fair, fact-based investigation.” The association also pointed to “lack of transparency” in the process. The statement said, “Investigations continue to investigate privacy and public trust to reduce the public trust.An initial report found that the fuel supply to both engines of Air India flight AI171 was cut within a second of each other, causing confusion in the cockpit and returned to the ground immediately after withdrawing the airplane.The 15-Page report states that in cockpit voice recording, an unknown pilot asked the other why he had cut the fuel, which the other refused. ALPA mentioned a Wall Street Journal article published on July 10, stating that the accident may include the movement of the engine fuel control switch. The association questioned how such information was leaked to the media before the official release of the report. The statement said, “An article in July 10 in Wall Street Journal refers to the unknown movement of the fuel control switch. ALPA-I question how such sensitive discover details were leaked to international media,” the statement said. ALPA also criticized AAIB for issuing documents without proper official identity. “Alpa-I worried that the initial AAIB report is shared with media without any responsible official signature or feature,” it said. The association again allowed to participate in the investigation process. “ALPA-I renew its request, which includes at least, inducted as supervisors in the investigation process to ensure at least, transparency and accountability.”On 12 June, London-Bound Boeing 787 crashed from Dreamliner Ahmedabad Airport immediately after takeoff, killing a medical college hostel. The accident killed 241 people out of 242 and 19 people were on the ground, causing it to occurred the deadliest aviation accident in a decade.According to a time report in the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau of Bureau of Investigation (AAIB), both engine fuel control switches – which are used to close the engines – immediately moved to a cutoff position. The report did not mention how it happened or who was responsible.Immediately after the fuel control switch run from the run run, in addition to a second, a Ram air turbine (RAT) pump was deployed to provide hydraulic power as the two engines fell down at a passive speed.About 10 seconds later, the fuel control switch for the engine 1 was taken back to run back, followed by the engine 2 four seconds. The pilots managed to remove both engines, but only the engine 1 achieved the power again. Engine 2 did not make enough emphasis to stop the lineage of the aircraft.One of the pilots made a call “May, May, Mayde”, but before responding to the air traffic control, the aircraft grabbed some trees and crashed outside the airport boundary, which were in the hostel occupied by the students.
