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The Indian Pilot Association defended the 171 Air India flight crew, which crashed in June, killed 260.
The Indian Commercial Pilot Association (ICPA) stated that the crew “acted in accordance with their training and responsibilities in difficult conditions, and pilots should not be defeated on the basis of assumption.”
“In order to accidentally offer pilot suicide without proven evidence, it is a gross violation of ethical reporting and service to the dignity of the profession,” it added.
The previous report did not blame the pilots. It states that seconds after taking off both the Boeing 787 Dreamliner fuel switches went to the “cutting” position, starving the fuel engines.
The report published on Saturday provided detailed information about the recording of the voice cabin with one pilot, asking the other why he “did the shutdown”, to which the second replies, what is not. The record does not specify who said that. The data shows that the switches were transferred to the “launch” position, but the plane crashed within seconds.
Aviation and pilots experts say fuel switch is designed to prevent accidental activation, and they need to be pulling out to unlock before turning over. Protective protective fuses further protect them from random irregularities.
The previous report does not cause any light on how the switches were postponed to the compartment, but since its release areas of media and social media have been overflowing with unpleasant assumptions about the role of pilots.
“We are deeply concerned about the speculative stories that arise in the media and public discourse sections – in particular, reckless and unjustified pylotic suicide insinuction,” the statement of the Indian commercial pilot (ICPA) said in a statement published on Saturday in the evening.
“Let’s be clearly clear: at this stage there is no reason for such a claim, and the reference to such a serious statement based on incomplete or preliminary information, not only irresponsibly – is deeply insensitive to people and families.”
The statement added that the final report of “any speculation – especially such a serious nature – is unacceptable and should be condemned” before the end of the official investigation.
The preliminary investigation was headed by the Indian government with experts with Boeing, General Electric, Air India, Indian regulators and participants from the US and UK. The final report should come out in a year.
On Saturday, another group of pilots – the Association of Pilot Airlines India (Alpa India) – caused concern about how the investigation was conducted.
It emphasized that the report also mentioned that in December 2018, the US Federal Aviation Administration issued a special newsletter on Ovezi (SAIB), emphasizing that some Boeing 737 fuel exceeds were installed with a disabled blocking function.
While the issue was noted, it was not considered a dangerous condition that requires a conscientious (AD) directive – legally fulfilled regulation to correct the dangerous conditions in the product.
The same switch design is used in Boeing 787-8 aircraft, including VT-Anb Air India that crashed. Since Saib was advisory, Air India did not carry out the recommended checks.
Taking attention to the newsletter, Alpa India stated that “it requires clarity in whether the recommendations set out in the ballot box have been fulfilled.” (Air India did not comment on a specific question.)
The pilot Union stated that “surprised by the secrecy related to these investigations” and claimed that “for the probe” were not accepted by the appropriate personnel. “
“We believe that the investigation is moving toward, judging the guilt of the pilots, and we are strongly evaluated by this line of thought,” said the President of India, Sam Thomas in a statement.
The Union also called on the authorities to allow him to join this process “even as observers to ensure the necessary transparency in the investigation.”
Following the release of the report on Saturday, the Minister of Civil Aviation of India, Ram Mohan Naida told reporters not to “go to any conclusions at this stage. Let’s wait for the final report.”
Describing pilots and crew in India, “the basis of this civil aviation,” he said that in India, “the most wonderful labor force in terms of pilots and crew worldwide.”
On June 12, the flight 171 flew from the Western Indian city of Ahmedabad in London with 242 people aboard. The accident killed 241 on board – one passenger miraculously survived – and 19 people on the ground.
The report states that the pilots based in Mumbai arrived in Ahmedabad the day before and were adequately. They passed the breathing tests and were cleaned to fly, adds.
