NEW DELHI: The father of Air India pilot Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, who was the main pilot of the ill-fated flight that crashed in Ahmedabad, on Thursday approached the Supreme Court seeking a retired judge–monitored probe into the tragedy. He urged that the investigation be fair, transparent, and technically sound. In June, Air India flight AI171, a London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad, claiming 260 lives. Earlier in September, the Supreme Court raised serious concerns over the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) preliminary report on the June 12 crash, describing parts of it as “irresponsible.” A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N. Kotiswar Singh issued notices to the Centre and the Director General of Civil Avia

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