Ignored warnings, design flaws & the Air India plane crash
In 2018, the US Federal Aviation Administration flagged a critical vulnerability in the fuel control switches used in Boeing aircraft, but Air India didn't act.
Updated At : 06:01 AM Jul 14, 2025 IST
Learn from failure: Break the culture of ‘wait and watch’ that has seeped into global aviation. PTI
AFTER reading the newly released preliminary report on the tragic crash of Air India flight AI171, I knew I had to speak up. On June 12, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner took off from Ahmedabad, heading for London Gatwick. Within seconds of lift-off, both engines lost power. The aircraft plunged into the BJ Medical College campus, barely a mile from the runway. All but one passenger of the 242 people on board — 230 passengers, 10 cabin crew, and two pilots — were killed. Among them were children, students, doctors and foreign nationals.
