Overview

• Investigators canceled the planned July 19 public briefing after victims’ relatives stormed the conference and demanded supporting documentation for preliminary conclusions that seemed to blame pilots and a bird strike.
• ARAIB sources say cockpit voice recorder data, flight computer records and a physical engine switch recovered from the wreckage show that the pilots shut off the working left engine instead of the damaged right one following a bird strike.
• Officials report no pre-crash defects in the Boeing 737-800’s engines, attributing the failure to a combination of bird ingestion and pilot error.
• Flight recorders stopped capturing information for the four minutes leading up to the crash, creating gaps that families say underscore the need for full transparency in the probe.
• Bereaved families are pressing for access to all technical data and are considering legal measures until the investigation board publishes a comprehensive report.