India's Supreme Court orders review of AAIB probe into Air India AI171 Ahmedabad crash, calls report 'irresponsible'

India's Supreme Court has ordered a review of the AAIB probe into the June 12 Air India Flight AI171 crash near Ahmedabad that killed 265. The court called the AAIB's preliminary report 'irresponsible' and urged government and regulator to consider an independent inquiry over alleged conflicts of interest and withheld data.

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  • The court's order follows sustained criticism of the AAIB's preliminary findings and the public decoding of black boxes and CVR transcripts that highlighted fuel-control switch sequences (see the domestic black box decoding and CVR excerpts).
  • By asking the government and DGCA to respond and considering an independent probe, the ruling could alter investigative timelines and regulatory credibility, with consequences for oversight of Air India and national safety processes (context on heightened regulator scrutiny is here: https://hype.aero/?story=2c6df85e-250e-4d72-b498-0ae27cac0c6e).
  • The judicial intervention intensifies debates over investigative tools and operational causes already under discussion — from calls for cockpit video recorders to evidence of crewing strain — which may drive policy and operational changes across India's aviation sector (see related pieces on cockpit video recorder debate and pilot rostering strain).

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