Archive · 20 Jul 2025
Veteran Pilot Joins Air India Crash Investigation
An investigation into the Air India plane crash is underway.
To help figure out what happened, the investigators have asked a very experienced pilot named RS Sandhu to join the team.
He used to work at Air India and knows a lot about planes.
The crash happened in Ahmedabad when a Boeing 787-8 plane went down shortly after taking off, and sadly, many people died.
The investigators are also getting help from other experts to understand everything that occurred.
AAIB appoints veteran pilot RS Sandhu as domain expert for the Air India plane crash investigation.
Sandhu was the former director of operations at Air India and took delivery of the crashed plane in 2013.
The Air India Boeing 787-8 crashed in Ahmedabad after takeoff, resulting in 260 fatalities.
The preliminary report into the crash was released by the AAIB on July 12th.
Pilot unions had previously raised concerns about the absence of subject matter experts in the investigation.
- Who
- RS Sandhu, a veteran pilot and former Air India director, is now assisting AAIB.
- What
- AAIB has appointed RS Sandhu as a domain expert to investigate the Air India plane crash.
- When
- The crash occurred last month; the preliminary report was released on July 12th.
- Where
- Ahmedabad, India.
- Why
- To investigate the cause of the fatal Air India plane crash.
Pilot Unions
AAIB
Expert Inclusion
Pilot Unions
Express concern over the absence of subject matter experts in the probe.
AAIB
N/A
- Domain Expert
- RS Sandhu
- Previous Role of Expert
- Air India's former Director of Operations
- Crashed Aircraft
- Boeing 787-8
- Fatalities
- 260
- Location
- Ahmedabad
- Date of Crash
- Last month