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“Don’t Jump to Conclusions”: Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Urges Caution Over AI171 Preliminary Crash Report

New Delhi: Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Saturday addressed the media regarding the preliminary findings of the Air India AI171 crash investigation, urging the public and media not to make assumptions before the final report is released.

“This is a preliminary report right now, and from the ministry, we are analysing the report, but I think it would be better if we can comment on it once the final report comes in. So we are coordinating with AAIB also, whatever support or resources they need, we’ll be providing to them, but AAIB will be the primary investigating agency into this and we are hoping that as soon as possible the final report also comes in so that we can arrive at some conclusions,” Naidu said.

Highlighting the limited scope of the current report, the minister added, “So right now, like the report has only stated within that there are multiple other things also that need to be looked into before preparing the final report. So we want the final report to come in to look at things, so let us wait till then… I don’t think we should jump into any conclusions on this.”

When questioned about reported communication between the pilots regarding fuel switches of both engines being moved from ‘RUN’ to ‘CUTOFF’, Naidu expressed confidence in India’s aviation personnel. “I truly believe we have the most wonderful workforce in terms of pilots and the crew in the whole world.”

He also praised the AAIB for their meticulous and transparent approach to the investigation. “I’d like to appreciate the job done by AAIB, a very commendable job. It was a very challenging task, in fact, for the first time, safely securing the black box and trying to decode the data and everything being done in India itself in the lab in Delhi for AIB, first of its kind, so I’d like to appreciate all the efforts they have put in to do a very transparent, very mature, professional way the investigation has been done and also all the international protocols have also been respected and followed.”

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