Will We Ever Know What Caused Flight 171?

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00:00Isabel, we're hearing many, many theories of this.

00:02What do you think is the most likely one from this Air India crash?

00:06I mean, to be honest, my guess is as good as anybody's.

00:09I don't know any more than anybody else.

00:11And I think, you know, speculation is always rife after a crash like this.

00:16But the fact that, you know, somebody survived, just one person as well,

00:19has made this, you know, a bit of a media feeding frenzy.

00:22We may never know as well. There is also that possibility.

00:26I think all avenues have to be explored.

00:28I think the fact that, you know, we're reading reports from the media in India

00:32that perhaps there had been a number of issues logged with that specific aircraft,

00:36that is concerning.

00:38I think the fact that the medical records are now being poured over into the captain.

00:42I believe his mother had died a couple of years ago and he was planning to leave the airline.

00:48This is according to the Telegraph I was reading.

00:51It was planning on leaving the airline in order to take care of his elderly father.

00:55You know, this may be an invasion of his privacy and, you know,

00:59we can debate with the ethics of whether or not we should be discussing it all.

01:02But the reality is those things need to be examined to better understand what happened.

01:07But these cockpit recordings certainly give the impression that the pilot of the plane

01:11seemed strangely calm, whilst his co-pilot seemed to be a little more alarmed by what happened.

01:17That being said, he did make that May Day alarm call, as was protocol.

01:21So perhaps, you know, it is unfair to try and read anything in because, of course,

01:24the quality also wasn't fantastic on that cockpit recording.

01:29So, you know, who knows?

01:30It could, as you say, also have been a hack.

01:33Let's hope that all the investigations are thoroughly carried out,

01:36so that all of the victims' families, let's remember, that's what this is all about.

01:40You know, all of those who've lost lives in this can have those answers to those questions.

01:44You know, all of those who've lost lives in this can have those questions.