Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, vanished from the skies above Ahmedabad and crashed into a residential neighbourhood just

Indian aviation expert dismissed claims made in the Wall Street Journal report on the Air India Al171 crash regarding the chances of the flight commander switching off the fuel controls while the official preliminary report by the Indian aircraft accident body only contains a short pilot denial and lacks the full cockpit voice recorder transcript.

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The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has criticised sections of the international media for spreading “selective and unverified” reports on the Air India flight 171 crash. Calling such coverage irresponsible,

Investigators later found that the aircraft’s software had mistakenly interpreted the plane as being on the ground, triggering the thrust control malfunction accommodation system, which automatically moved the fuel switch from “run” to “cutoff” without any action from the pilots.

Sections of global media repeatedly attempting to draw conclusions through selective, unverified reporting; such actions irresponsible: AAIB. AAIB says it will publish updates on Air India plane crash that have technical, public interest as and when required.

Wall Street Journal report citing US officials suggested that it was the Captain of the AI171 flight who turned off the fuel control switches.

Captain Thomas also raised doubts about the integrity of the AAIB’s report, suggesting it lacked local control and contained basic factual errors

Following the AAIB's preliminary report into the Air India AI 171 plane crash on 12 June 2025, social media users shared false and misleading claims surrounding the series of events leading up to, and the party responsible for the fatal crash.

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) emphasizes it's premature to draw conclusions about the Air India crash, which killed 260 people. The investigation is ongoing, with a final report pending.