Overview

• ALPA representatives met AAIB officials in New Delhi on Friday to discuss aviation safety and the association’s potential role as subject‑matter experts.
• ALPA criticized the July preliminary report as hurried and prepared under pressure, objecting to cockpit voice recorder references it said invited speculation and noting the report was unsigned.
• The AAIB said statutory limits prevent formally adding ALPA to the investigation at this stage but indicated pilots could be engaged for safety inputs as SMEs.
• The preliminary findings stated both engine fuel‑control switches transitioned from run to cutoff seconds after takeoff, with a cockpit exchange recorded, while assigning no cause.
• Separately, families of four victims have filed a lawsuit in Delaware against Boeing and Honeywell related to the June crash that killed about 260 people.