India's top court says a preliminary report on an Air India crash that killed 260 people in June does not insinuate anything against the captain.

The plea by 91-year-old Pushkar Raj Sabharwal for an investigation by a panel of aviation experts came weeks after he criticised the government investigation.

He said two officials from India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau who visited him had implied that his son, pilot Sumeet Sabharwal, cut the fuel to the plane's engine after take-off.

The government has denied such accusations, calling the investigation "very clean" and "very thorough".

The first report on the deadly Air India crash is out

In the weeks since the deadly Air India crash, questions have swirled around exactly what happened. Finally, there are some answers.

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