Overview

• On August 12, Hir Prajapati filed a suit in US federal court seeking immediate release of raw flight-data and cockpit-voice recordings from flight AI-171’s black boxes.
• The Prajapati family and at least 65 other victim relatives have engaged US law firm Beasley Allen and aviation attorney Mike Andrews to pursue product-liability claims against Boeing.
• Families cite slow Indian judicial processes and stalled compensation disbursements as reasons for seeking faster adjudication and evidence through US courts.
• Mike Andrews cautioned against prematurely attributing the crash to pilot error and stressed the need to await full black-box analysis before determining responsibility.
• India’s AAIB and DGCA continue their technical investigation with international support while regulators conduct safety inspections of Boeing 787 aircraft.