AAIB totally unbiased, carrying out rule-based probe into AI plane crash: Naidu
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New Delhi (PTI): The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is "totally unbiased" and is carrying out a definitive, thorough and rule-based probe into the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad last month, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said on Monday.
"We want to stand with truth, not anything else... we want to find out what exactly happened in the Air India plane crash and that will come out only after AAIB final probe report," Naidu told Rajya Sabha amid speculations about the factors that could have led to the crash that killed 260 people in Ahmedabad last month.
Responding to supplementaries in the Upper House, the civil aviation minister also said that the AAIB has been successful in decoding data from black boxes of the crashed Air India plane.
On June 12, Air India's Boeing 787-8 aircraft enroute from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick crashed into a building soon after take off, killing 260 people, including 19 people on the ground. Out of the 242 people onboard, one passenger survived.
"AAIB follows a definitive, rule-based process, totally unbiased in probing the Air India Ahmedabad plane crash," Naidu said.
On July 12, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released its preliminary report into the fatal crash.
On July 17, AAIB said it is too early to draw any "definite conclusions" on what led to the Air India plane crash, as the probe is still on and that the final report will come out with the root causes, while it urged everyone to refrain from spreading premature narratives.
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Congress continues disciplinary action; four Youth Congress district presidents removed
Bengaluru: The Congress high command has continued disciplinary action following allegations of anti-party activities after the by-elections to the Davangere South and Bagalkot Assembly constituencies.
The All India Youth Congress Committee has taken action against four district presidents are Syed Afrid Pasha (Kolar), Ashok B. Nayak (Vijayanagar), Nikhil Raj (Tumakuru), and Syed Abrar (Mysuru City).
The order states that the leaders were found to be inactive in party activities and had failed to discharge their responsibilities effectively. They have been temporarily relieved of their duties.
Earlier, MLC Abdul Jabbar was suspended from primary membership over alleged anti-party activities during the Davangere South by-election, while senior leader and MLC Naseer Ahmed was relieved of his role as the Chief Minister’s political secretary.
The latest action has drawn reactions from some community leaders and party members, with concerns raised over the leadership’s decisions.
