AI 171 Report Crashlands

Inquiry is disservice to airlines flying Dreamliners. It’s also slanted so that attention focuses not on possible technical problems but, minus any real evidence, on pilots

On June 12, an Air India Boeing 787 took off from Ahmedabad and crashed moments later, killing all but one of its occupants. Exactly a month later, the official preliminary report was released. While it provides a basic sequence of events, it fails to answer the most critical question: When did the engines stop producing thrust?
This isn’t a technical debate. It’s the key to understanding what went wrong, and who or what was responsible. Instead of offering clarity, the report quietly steers readers toward the idea of pilot error, without saying it outright. This subtle shift leaves many, especially those unfamiliar with aviation systems, assuming the pilots made a mistake. That assumption is both dangerous and unfounded.