On July 17, the Aviation Accident Investigation Bureau said in a statement that "it is too early to reach to any definite conclusions" about the crash

India's civil aviation authority announced that it had issued this directive after numerous domestic and international airlines had already begun their own inspections of the locking mechanisms associated with the switches.

Boeing supports investigation into Air India Flight AI171 crash, tragic incident kills 260 people in Ahmedabad.

A recent report has raised alarm over the increasing number of engine-related incidents in Indian aviation. Between 2020 and mid-2025, 65 cases of in-flight engine shutdowns have been recorded across various airlines in India,