- “Deeply disturbed” ICPA by speculative narratives.
- Slama insensitive claims for individuals, families.
- Probe driven in the direction that overcomes the guilt of the pilots: Alpa.
Nueva Delhi: Two main commercial pilot associations have rejected the claims that human error caused an Air India accident that killed 260 people after a preliminary research report discovered that the fuel switches of the plane's engine had been deactivated.
The report, issued on Saturday by the Indian Aircraft Accident Research Office (AAIB), offered no conclusion or guilt of the distribution of the June 12 disaster, but indicated that one pilot asked the other why he cut fuel, and the second pilot replied that he did not have
No more details were revealed about the dialogue of the cabin among the pilots.
The Indian Commercial Pilot Association (ICPA) said it was “deeply disturbed by speculative narratives […] particularly the reckless and unfounded hint of pilot suicide. “
“There is absolutely no basis for this claim at this stage,” he said in a statement on Sunday, he added: “It is deeply insensitive to people and families involved.”
“Coincidentally suggesting pilot suicide without verified evidence is a serious violation of ethical reports and a bad service to the dignity of the profession,” he said.
The initial finding of the probe caused speculation of several independent aviation experts that the deliberate or inadvertent pilot action may have caused the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to London destined shortly after the takeoff of Ahmedabad in the west of India.
The ICPA referred to a series of aviation experts that suggest that the engine fuel control switches can only move deliberately and manually.
The Pilot Association of the Aerolineas of India (Alpa India), another pilot agency with 800 members, also accused the “Secret” investigation agency around the investigation, saying that “adequately qualified personnel” was not involved in it.
“We believe that the investigation is being promoted in a direction assuming the guilt of the pilots and we firmly oppose this line of thought,” said Indian Alpa president Sam Thomas, in a statement issued on Saturday.
Alpa, which claims 100,000 members worldwide, also asked the AAIB that it was “observers to provide the necessary transparency in investigations.”
The accident killed everyone except one of the 242 people on board, as well as 19 people on the ground.
