New Delhi: Nearly four months after the tragic crash of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad, which claimed 260 lives, the father of the late pilot Captain Sumeet Sabharwal has turned to the Supreme Court, seeking a judicially supervised investigation into the disaster.

Pushkaraj Sabharwal, 88, has filed the petition as the primary petitioner, with the Federation of Indian Pilots joining as the second. The petitioners argue that the preliminary investigation into the crash is deeply flawed and disproportionately focused on the flight crew who, tragically, can no longer defend themselves.

The move comes in the wake of the Aircraft Accidents Investigation Board (AAIB) preliminary report, which indicated that human error may have caused the catastrophe. The petition, however, challenges this

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