Overview

• Safety Matters Foundation petitioned the Supreme Court seeking full public disclosure of flight data and a court-supervised independent investigation, alleging conflicts of interest and premature attribution of pilot error.
• AAIB’s 30-day preliminary report stated both engine fuel-control switches transitioned to cutoff seconds after takeoff and noted a brief cockpit exchange, but it did not assign cause or issue safety directives.
• AAIB has urged restraint on drawing conclusions, and officials told Times Now the final report could be submitted by year-end as decoding of both black boxes continues.
• Captain Sumeet Sabharwal’s 91-year-old father formally requested a Rule 12 court-style inquiry, saying selective leaks have harmed his late son’s reputation and proposing a panel led by a retired Supreme Court judge with technical experts and pilot representation.
• Hindustan Times reported the AAIB chief was to meet the civil aviation secretary after the father’s letter, as debate over transparency and independent oversight intensified.