Air India 171 crash

Media in India, some retired pilots and self proclaimed experts believe the cause of the crash of the Air India B787 could have been an electrical issue. They believe so because the EAFR (also known as blackbox) in the back of the aircraft was heavily damaged due to fire. This while the tail does not…

Almost every day Indian media present new stories which create doubt on what is written in the preliminary report. At July 20 NDTV publishes an article titled ‘ Off In 1 Second? Expert’s ‘Mathematical Debunking’ Of Air India Crash Theory’ One of the many experts who are presented in Indian media is Captain Eshan Khalid….

On July 17, India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), part of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, issued an appeal to the media to show restraint in reporting on the possible cause of the Air India Boeing 787 crash. The statement specifically called out the international media. This is highly ironic, as it is primarily the…

Mary Schiavo is former US Department of Transportation Inspector. She now works as a lawyer at MotleyRice . She appeared on CNN as an aviation analyst. And she spoke to a lot of Indian media about the crash of Air India flight 171. There is a long list of factual incorrect statements she made about…

Media in India have been spreading a lot of disinformation on the cause of the crash of Air India flight AI171. Several former pilots made statements which are incorrect. Another example is this article pubished by The Federal. This digital media has aroud 10 million page views per month. The title of the article is:…

I studied a lot of comments by people from India about the possible cause of the crash of Air India 171. All facts point to suicide by one of the pilots. There is no evidence for a faulty switch, let alone both switches failing at the same time at such an important phase of the…