Overview

• Air India flight AI-171 crashed on June 12 shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, killing 270 people, including 241 onboard and additional victims in a medical hostel, and leaving one survivor.
• Nearly 14 days after the incident, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has not designated a lead investigator to oversee the probe.
• Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh publicly decried the bureau’s inaction as “inexplicable and inexcusable” in a social media post.
• Both flight recorders were recovered on June 13 and are being examined by technical teams supported by the US NTSB, FAA and Boeing.
• Authorities have launched safety audits of Air India’s 787 Dreamliner fleet and continue efforts to identify victims and deliver relief to affected families.