First Meeting Of High-Level Panel On Ahmedabad Plane Crash Scheduled Today In Delhi

The government has convened the inaugural meeting of a high-level multi-disciplinary committee on Monday (16 June), in New Delhi, according to a PTI report.

Chaired by the Union Home Secretary, the panel is tasked with presenting a comprehensive report within three months. The committee’s primary focus will be “formulating Standard Operating Procedures for preventing such occurrences in the future,” sources were quoted as saying.

This initiative runs parallel to a separate probe being conducted by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which is delving into the technical causes behind the crash.

Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu clarified the division of responsibilities on Saturday (14 June), that while the AAIB investigation will handle the technical aspects, the high-level committee will provide a holistic, policy-oriented roadmap for future safeguards.

The tragedy unfolded on Thursday (12 June) afternoon, when an Air India Dreamliner flight enroute from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick crashed shortly after take-off.

Out of the 242 people on board, only one person miraculously survived, making it one of the deadliest aviation disasters in recent Indian history.

Recovery teams located the aircraft’s black box on Friday evening, which is expected to be central to understanding what went wrong during the ill-fated flight.

The cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder will now be analysed as part of the AAIB’s detailed investigation.

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