The Supreme Court on Friday (November 7, 2025) orally observed that no fault could be ascribed to the pilot who was commanding the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner that crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad on June 12 .

A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a petition filed by Pushkar Raj Sabharwal, the father of the late Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, seeking a judicially monitored probe into the crash and the termination of the investigation currently being carried out by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB).

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Appearing for the petitioner, senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan submitted that the ongoing probe lacked independence. “I am the father of

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