Ahmedabad plane crash: No recommendations for Boeing, GE for now, reveals AAIB report

NEW DELHI: The AAIB 's preliminary report into the AI-171 crash has not "recommended actions to Boeing 787-8 and/or GE GEnx-1B engine operators and manufacturers" at "this stage of investigation." Whether that changes when the probe is complete and the final report is ready in about a year or so, remains to be seen.

"Data downloaded from forward Enhanced Airborne Flight Recorder is being analysed in detail... Investigation is continuing and the investigation team will review and examine additional evidence, records and information that is being sought from the stakeholders," the report states.

While Indian authorities probing the crash have been tight-lipped, the US National Transportation Safety Board was also part of the probe. "NTSB appointed an accredited representative and technical advisers from Boeing, GE and Federal Aviation Administration to assist in this Investigation. A team of officials from AAIB, UK also arrived at Ahmedabad and visited the site with DG, AAIB," it says.

Media reports in the west, which came before AAIB made its preliminary report public, had spoken about fuel control switches turned to cutoff mode being examined in the crash as a probable cause. There has not been any FAA airworthiness directive for Boeing for its B787-8 so far following AI-171 crash is being seen as the probe not finding anything wrong with the plane at this stage of the probe. This has been a big relief to Boeing as the B787 is one of the most widely used wide body aircraft used by airlines globally.

Similarly, the probe so far has not found an issue with GE engines. "Left engine was installed on May 1, 2025, and right one on March 26, 2025... Applicable airworthiness directives were complied," report states.