New Delhi: Following a barrage of reports in western media that directly denounced the AI 171 captain for turning off fuel supplies to the fateful Air India Dreamliner leading to the crash on June 12th, the US National Road Safety Board (NTSB) is currently calling those articles “early and speculative.” In a statement, NTSB Chairman Jennifer Homendy said: “Recent media reports on Air India 171 collisions are premature and speculative. The Indian Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has released a preliminary report. An investigation of this scale will take time.The appeal comes after AAIB called the “irresponsible” drawing of “conclusions from selective and unverified reports” on Thursday. The Bureau issued this statement after the WSJ in its latest report on the issue.
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Also Read: What AAIB Report Reviews, What It Excludes, What It Still UnansweredHowever, almost daily reports in Western media have come up with reports claiming details of the crash that Indian authorities like the AAIB have yet to deny. The preliminary report has identified first mate Clive Kunder as a pilot flying the fateful AI 171 and Captain Sameet Sabalwal is pilot surveillance. The confusion arises in part in the AAIB qualifying reports that did not include isolated and indirect citations from the same as the Cockpit Voice Recorder (transcript). “One of the pilots asks why he cut off. The other pilots respond that he didn’t,” AAIB says without specifying which pilot said what. Italian newspapers have now cited the CVR in a time stamp. In radio silence from Indian authorities, this latest translation of a series of reports from the West reads: “At 13:38:39, the aircraft is lifted.At 13:38:42, the engine is hunger for fuel while the plane climbs at 180 knots (333 km/h).At 13:38:44, a microphone mounted on the equal officer’s seat records what he says in shock.“Why did you shut off the engine?”After a second, the captain’s microphone picks up the ambiguous:“I didn’t do that.”Kunder isn’t sure and repeats the question for another six seconds.The captain is supposed to be monitoring while Kunder pilots Jet.Kunder’s hands were in his yoke, his mind focusing on air speed, heading and pitch.Also Read: FIP sends legal notices to Reuters, WSJ. Slam “speculative” AI171 crash coverageEven if he didn’t see it, he almost certainly knew that the captain had the switch turned on. The sound of the lever being turned over is undoubtedly confirmed by multiple pilots. ”TOI was unable to independently check whether the content of this Italian media report was correct. Indian pilots and aviation experts have denounced the AAIB report for raising more questions than answers, as well as reports in Western media.
