MUMBAI: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has demanded that the government immediately constitute a judicial probe and hold a Court of Inquiry that is_into the crash of Air India Flight AI 171. In a letter to the ministry, FIP alleged that the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) inquiry has been “irrevocably compromised” by bias, unlawful leaks, and attempts to prematurely pin the blame on the pilots. In a strongly worded letter dated September 22 to the Minister of Civil Aviation, the FIP said the AAIB’s conduct has “shattered the confidence of bereaved families and the aviation fraternity” in the ongoing probe into the June 12 disaster. The accident, involving a Boeing 787-8 operating from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, claimed the lives of both pilots, ten cabin crew m

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