FIP President slams delay in Judicial Probe into AI 171 Crash, demands transparency

Oct 12, 2025

Mumbai, October 12, 2025 (ANI): On Boeing 787 grounding and electrical checks, Captain CS Randhawa, President of the Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP), said, “We were constrained to write this letter because, since the crash of 171 Air India, from the 16th of June till today, we have been requesting the minister to hold a judicial probe, which has not been held till today. The way the AIB is conducting the inquiry of 171, we are not happy with that... Problems are happening again and again because of a problem in the electrical systems... On the other hand, there are problems with the Air India aircraft because they have now moved out of the maintenance contract with AIESL, which is a government entity... Since that time, new engineers have been recruited from various fields; they are not as experienced, which is causing problems in aircraft maintenance... We've requested a grounding of the 787 fleet and a thorough check for electrical systems...”