Amid ongoing investigations into the Air India Boeing 787-8 crash in Ahmedabad, aviation expert Captain Mohan Ranganathan suggests human error was the primary cause. As pilots' associations defend the crew's actions,

Fuel control switches for the engines of an Air India flight that crashed last month were moved from the “run” to the “cutoff” position moments before impact, starving both engines of fuel, a preliminary investigation report said early Saturday.

Sanjay Kumar Singh, Director of India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), is leading the probe into the Air India Flight 171 crash. A former Group Captain in the IAF, Singh has over 30 years of experience in military and civil aviation and has overseen multiple high-profile aircraft accident investigations since taking charge in 2023.