Air India crash: Parliamentary Committee summons Boeing officers and civil aviation secy

The Parliamentary Committee on Transport has summoned Boeing officers and the civil aviation secretary to look earlier than it over the Air India aircraft crash in Ahmedabad earlier this month.

The committee is tasked with conducting an in depth research of the crash of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane that killed 275 individuals, with investigations being underway to establish the reason for the mishap.

The parliamentary committee can also be anticipated to carry conferences with officers from the Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Air India and Boeing, in line with a report by Financial Occasions.

The committee, led by Rajya Sabha MP and JDU nationwide working president Sanjay Jha, additionally oversees issues regarding civil aviation. It’s presently getting ready a complete report on passenger security in air journey and plans to carry broader discussions on the Ahmedabad aircraft crash as a part of this effort.

Earlier as we speak, India denied the United Nations permission to hitch the probe into the AI 171 crash. The UN’s aviation company has taken the weird step of providing India one in every of its investigators to help.

Beforehand, the Worldwide Civil Aviation Organisation has deployed investigators to assist with sure probes, such because the downing of a Malaysian aircraft in 2014 and a Ukrainian jetliner in 2020, however these occasions the company had been requested for help.

In the meantime, the Union Aviation Ministry, on Thursday, stated that investigators downloaded flight recorder information round two weeks after the crash.

Below worldwide guidelines identified all through the trade by their authorized identify “Annex 13,” the choice of the place to learn flight recorders ought to be made instantly in case the proof obtained may avert future tragedies.

Earlier this week, an Indian aviation ministry official who declined to be named stated the division has been “following all of the ICAO protocols.” The official added that media representatives have made updates on vital occasions.

With inputs from businesses