Overview

• Pushkar Raj Sabharwal, father of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, said AAIB officials visited him on Aug. 30 and insinuated his son moved the Boeing 787’s fuel switches to cutoff, according to correspondence cited by Reuters.
• The Federation of Indian Pilots wrote to the civil aviation ministry on Sept. 22 seeking a Rule 12 court of inquiry and asking that the AAIB probe be halted over alleged bias and unlawful disclosures.
• India’s Supreme Court this week asked the government to respond to a public interest plea seeking an independent, expert-led investigation into the June 12 disaster that killed 260 people.
• AAIB’s preliminary report found both engine fuel control switches transitioned from RUN to CUTOFF seconds after liftoff, with CVR audio noting one pilot questioned a fuel cutoff and the other denied doing so; the report did not assign responsibility.
• FIP alleges prohibited CVR leaks harmed the captain’s reputation and warns against a narrow pilot-error narrative, urging a probe with powers to compel evidence from manufacturers such as Boeing and GE.