‘Our eye is on the initial report on AI plane crash’, bid Britain agency

The UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) said on Saturday (July 12, 2025) that it was reviewing the initial report of the Indian Air Accident Investigation Bureau of Indian Air Accident Investigation in the case of flight number AI 171 of AIDabad to Ahmedabad to London last month.

The Report of the Indian Aircraft Accident Investigation (AAIB) report is based on the initial findings of their investigation into the accident. In this accident, all except one of 242 people aboard the aircraft died. It was the most horrific aircraft accident in a decade.

52 British citizens died on aircraft

Britain’s AAIB is also part of the investigation process, as 52 British citizens aboard the aircraft were also killed in this accident. Britain’s AAIB said in a statement, “UK AAIB welcomes this preliminary report, a summary of the factual information revealed by AAIB India so far.”

It said, ‘British AAIB is reviewing this preliminary report in detail and is in touch with India’s AAIB. According to the International Protocol, the right to issue information related to investigation is completely with the Indian officials.

This thing happened between the pilot

Preliminary investigation reports of 15 pages of the accident revealed that the fuel control switches between the two engines had gone into a ‘cutoff’ position from ‘run’ in a interval of a second, which led to an immediate decrease in the height of the aircraft. According to the report, in recording the voice of the cockpit, a pilot is heard asking why he stopped the fuel, on which the other pilot refuses to close fuel.

British families who lost their loved ones in the June 12 accident have demanded representation of experts in the investigation process. London’s legal firm ‘Keston Law’ welcomed the report. Keystone’s airline James Heli-Protte said, “Families have now understood that there is a more comprehensive scope of investigation, but one of their biggest concerns is that they have been excluded from this safety investigation.”

British and America also ahead for help

He said, ‘Not only Indian AAIB, British AAIB is also helping and American. Therefore ideally, the families of the afflicted should be included in some form or the other. Out of 53 British citizens riding on the aircraft, only one passenger named Vishwas Kumar Prakash, sitting on seat number 11A, survived the accident that took place last month.

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