ALPA India, which represents Indian pilots on the Montreal-based Worldwide Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations, in an announcement on Saturday (Jun 12) rejected the presumption of pilot error and known as for a “honest, fact-based inquiry”.
“The pilots physique should now be made a part of the probe, at the least as observers,” ALPA India President Sam Thomas advised Reuters on Sunday.
ALPA India, in a letter posted on X, mentioned the preliminary investigation report referred to the 2018 FAA advisory “in regards to the gas management change gates, which signifies a possible gear malfunction”.
Within the flight’s ultimate moments, one pilot was heard on the cockpit voice recorder asking the opposite why he lower off the gas. “The opposite pilot responded that he didn’t accomplish that,” the report mentioned.
It mentioned gas switches had virtually concurrently flipped from run to cutoff simply after takeoff. The report didn’t say how the switches might have flipped in the course of the flight.
Two US security consultants mentioned on Saturday they backed ALPA India’s request to be observers within the probe, however mentioned the investigation report didn’t recommend a bias towards pilot error.
John Cox, a pilot and former ALPA US consultant, mentioned AAIB’s report appeared goal and honest.
