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Pilots' Grouping FIP Demands Judicial Probe Into Air India Plane Crash

The FIP's demand comes after Pushkaraj Sabharwal, father of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, sought a formal investigation by the central government.

Mumbai/ New Delhi: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has urged the government to order a judicial probe into the Air India Dreamliner crash that killed 260 people, alleging that the ongoing investigation is "compromised" and should be halted.

The FIP's demand comes less than a month after Pushkaraj Sabharwal, father of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal who was one of the pilots of the ill-fated Air India plane, sought a formal investigation by the central government even as the probe by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is in progress.

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