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It has been almost a month since Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) of India has now submitted its preliminary report on the incident to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, according to sources cited by ANI.
The report includes the bureau's initial findings based on evidence collected at the crash site and data from flight recorders. Investigators were expected to submit this report by July 11, following international guidelines that require a summary within 30 days of a fatal accident. Officials have not yet commented on any conclusions.
On June 12, Flight 171 was headed to London with 242 people onboard when it crashed into a hostel complex near the airport shortly after takeoff. The captain reportedly issued a Mayday call before impact but could not gain altitude. Nearly all onboard perished, except for one passenger seated in 11A. The two black boxes were recovered soon after the crash, and data was successfully downloaded at the AAIB Lab.
