Airline Pilots Association slams AAIB preliminary report on Air India crash

The president of the Airline Pilots Association has strongly criticized the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) preliminary report.

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00:00The AAIB released a report that is unsigned in the middle of the night.

00:05The President of the Airline Pilots Association slammed the AAIB preliminary report on the AI-171 tragedy.

00:11Two days prior to the release of this report, the Wall Street Journal carried the exact same issue.

00:17So there has been a leak.

00:18Now, when you say that the fuel control switches transitioned, this is not an Indian term.

00:25This is predominantly an American term.

00:27I have flown in India extensively, I have flown in the US extensively, I hold both licenses.

00:33There is somebody who is telling this person that use these terms.

00:39The AAIB preliminary report mentioned a conversation stored in the cockpit voice recorder,

00:43where one of the pilots is heard asking the other why he cut off the fuel switches.

00:47This exchange from the report triggered a wave of speculation from foreign media outlets.

00:51Irresponsible comments that have taken up by the foreign media,

00:55they have gone to town with that to say that the Indian pilots are incompetent.

01:00Captain Thomas demanded the inclusion of commercial pilots in the investigation committee

01:03and the release of the full transcripts from the aircraft's recorders.

01:07When we are given the scenario with these transcripts,

01:10it would be much easier for us to throw light on exactly what has happened

01:15without any speculation and give you reasons for why we are saying what we are saying.

01:20Captain Thomas voted the like,

01:23that means the