Overview

• Safety Matters Foundation filed the plea on September 19 seeking a court-supervised independent inquiry into the June 12 Ahmedabad crash.
• The NGO says the AAIB’s July preliminary report was selective and incomplete, lacking the full DFDR output, a timestamped CVR transcript, and EAFR records.
• The petition alleges a conflict of interest because DGCA officers are on the probe team and requests appointment of outside experts under Supreme Court supervision.
• AAIB preliminary materials note both fuel-control switches moved to CUTOFF seconds after takeoff, with a CVR excerpt of one pilot asking why fuel was cut off and the other replying, “I did not do it.”
• Reports put the death toll at 260, the final investigation report is expected by June 2026, and the plea flags survivor accounts and compensation steps as part of broader transparency concerns.