The Federation of indian Pilots (FIP) on wednesday expressed its dissatisfaction with the preliminary probe document on the june 12 air india plane crash launched final week.
The pilots' body objected to the exclusion of pilot representatives from the investigation and called for a thorough probe before "assigning blame".
"Assigning blame earlier than a thorough, transparent, and records-pushed investigation is each premature and irresponsible. Such speculative commentary undermines the professionalism of fantastically trained crew members and causes undue distress to their families and co-workers," the FIP said in a statement.
The comments got here days after an aircraft coincidence research Bureau (AAIB) file revealed that both fuel manage switches of the AI171 London-bound flight that crashed in ahmedabad had been shifted from 'RUN' to 'CUTOFF' inside seconds of takeoff.
The report also referred to a communique among the 2 pilots, Sumeet Sabharwal and Clive Kunder, in the cockpit. One pilot asked, "Why did you cut off?", and the alternative responded, "I did now not do so".
The probe file had fuelled hypothesis about what may additionally have led to the crash. The FIP assertion additionally objected to the diverse interpretations of the probe, and alleged that the document relied selectively on paraphrased cockpit voice recordings to "advocate pilot blunders".
"The file, as released, lacks complete records and looks to depend selectively on paraphrased cockpit voice recordings to suggest pilot mistakes and question the professional competence and integrity of the flight group. This technique is neither objective nor entire," the statement read, urging people to now not lend credence to any conclusions primarily based on preliminary findings.
The probe report narrowed recognition at the operations of a gasoline manipulate transfer, following which India's civil aviation regulator DGCA additionally ordered an inspection of the locking mechanism of the switches across Boeing 787 and 737 planes.
Air india later stated its engineers finished the inspection and found "no problems" with the gasoline switches.
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