The deadly Air India crash last month has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras monitoring airline pilot actions to complement the cockpit voice and flight data recorders already used by accident investigators.

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) had requested the global media to ‘respect sensitivity’ of the family members of the persons who died in the Air India plane crash

The report and India’s inspection order referred to an advisory from the Federal Aviation Administration in 2018 that recommended that carriers using Boeing models, including the 787, inspect the locking mechanism of the fuel control switches to ensure they could not be moved accidentally.

International airlines from South Korea and India are preparing to inspect its Boeing fleets following findings from the Air India crash investigation.

Tata Sons launched the AI-171 Memorial and Welfare Trust in Mumbai to assist victims of the Air India flight crash, pledging ₹500 crores for medical care and infrastructure support for dependents and first responders.

THE deadly Air India crash may have been the result of a human act inside the cockpit, a top aviation expert has warned. Captain Steve Scheibner suggested there was a “human hand”

Lingering in his bed, the city around him still asleep, he stared at the two faces on his phone screen: his son, Harshit, and his daughter-in-law, Pooja. He stared and stared, and then moved the phone close to his lips, giving each forehead a kiss.