The captain of the plane was allegedly responsible for the crash of an Air India plane in the Indian city of Ahmedabad.
In June this year, an Air India passenger plane bound for London crashed in Ahmedabad, killing 260 people, including former Gujarat Chief Minister Rupani.
According to American media, based on information obtained from the black box recording, it has been claimed that the conversation between the two pilots of the plane has made it clear that Captain Sumit Sabarwal had turned off the switches through which fuel is supplied to both engines.
American media has presented a preliminary analysis of American authorities based on the evidence of the plane’s crash, according to which the first officer of the Boeing Dreamliner plane, Clive Kander, had asked the experienced captain as soon as the plane took off why he had put the switches in the cut-off position.
According to American media, the first officer was first surprised and then terrified, while the captain remained calm despite hearing and seeing all this. This was because the first officer had only 3,403 hours of flying experience, while the captain had 15,638 hours, more than half of which was flying Boeing aircraft.
An initial report was released by Indian authorities last week, which spoke of confusion between the two pilots in the cockpit.
The initial report did not accuse anyone, but it did say that one pilot asked why he cut off the switches, to which the other replied that he did not cut off the fuel.
However, the reaction of Boeing, India’s Civil Aviation Authority and Air India management to the latest situation is yet to come.
It should be remembered that on June 12, the plane, which was flying from Ahmedabad to London, crashed as soon as it took off. Of the 242 passengers on board, 241 were killed, including 53 British nationals. Only one British Indian passenger survived, who was on the 11th asset.
Another 19 people were also killed when the plane crashed into the Medical College building.
The captain of the plane, 56-year-old Sumit Sabarwal, had joined Air India in 1994 and was a line training captain, where he trained junior pilots during the flight.
Sabarwal was unmarried and was a few months away from retirement. Before departure, he had told his father on the phone that he would call him when he reached London, but fate had something else in store.
In addition, 32-year-old junior pilot Clive had wanted to become a pilot since childhood and was scheduled to get married two months later.
Captain Sabarwal’s father retired from the Indian Civil Aviation Authority and the captain’s two nephews are also pilots, while the junior pilot’s mother was an Air India air hostess.
Air India also claims that both pilots were tested for intoxication before the flight and neither showed any signs of illness.
