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AAIB Report Preliminary, No Final Conclusions Yet: Murlidhar Mohol
IANS | July 12, 2025 7:41 PM CST

Pune, July 12 (IANS) Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Murlidhar Mohol, on Saturday said that the report by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) into the deadly Air India plane crash is still preliminary and we cannot say anything definite at this point

Speaking to IANS here on the preliminary findings by the AAIB into the fatal crash of Air India flight AI 171 — a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that went down shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad on June 12  the minister said this is just the preliminary report, and I believe further investigation is still underway.

However, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has done commendable work. Earlier, if any helicopter accident occurred in the country, we had to send the black box abroad for analysis. Now, we have the facility in our own country : said the minister.

Mohol further said : that since this is a preliminary report, we cannot say anything definite at this point.

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