Following the AAIB's preliminary report on the Air India 171 crash, the ICPA has strongly condemned the speculation of pilot suicide. The union emphasized that pilots undergo rigorous screening and training,

The report highlights a critical finding: two engine fuel control switches transitioned to 'CUTOFF' moments after lift-off. A perplexing recorded exchange between pilots, where one asks about the fuel cut-off and the other denies it,

The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued a notice to its international counterparts that fuel control switches in Boeing aeroplanes like the Dreamliner involved in last month’s fatal Air India crash do not pose a safety issue.