US transport security physique says media reviews on Air India crash ‘too untimely and speculative’

The US Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) has mentioned that it’s too “untimely” to attract conclusions about what brought about the Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London to crash, as speculations concerning the pilots’ position come to the fore.

NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy in a put up on X mentioned, “Current media reviews on the Air India 171 crash are untimely and speculative. India’s Plane Accident Investigation Bureau simply launched its preliminary report. Investigations of this magnitude take time.”

Assertion from NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy:
“Current media reviews on the Air India 171 crash are untimely and speculative. India’s Plane Accident Investigation Bureau simply launched its preliminary report. Investigations of this magnitude take time. We totally assist the…

— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) July 18, 2025

Final week, AAIB launched a 15-page-long preliminary report on the AI Flight 171 crash that killed 260 individuals in June. The report mentioned that chopping off the gasoline switches starved the engines, resulting in the crash.

It additionally mentions a short trade between the 2 pilots from the cockpit audio recording, whereby one pilot was heard asking, “Why did you chop off?” to which the opposite pilot replied, “I didn’t.”

It could actually take a 12 months, and even longer, for authorities to subject a closing report detailing the probably reason for an accident and providing suggestions to forestall related incidents sooner or later.

In the meantime, investigators are attempting to find out how and why the gasoline switches had been turned off and whether or not they had been the results of human motion or a failure of the aircraft’s programs.

On the similar time, Air India has accomplished an inspection of the locking mechanism on the gasoline change management switches on its Boeing 787 plane, concluding that there are not any points with the system.

An airline official mentioned, “Over the weekend, our Engineering staff initiated precautionary inspections on the locking mechanism of Gas Management Change (FCS) on all our Boeing 787 plane. The inspections have been accomplished and no points had been discovered.”

The official additionally highlighted that each one Boeing 787-8 plane within the fleet are geared up with the Throttle Management Module (TCM), which was changed below Boeing’s upkeep schedule, and the FCS was a part of this module.