The Supreme Court was informed on Thursday that the Air India pilot involved in the June 12 crash has not been held responsible in the preliminary findings of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB). The statement came during a hearing before a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi in a plea filed by the father of one of the victims.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Union government, told the court that the AAIB probe team was constituted under the international framework governing aviation accident investigations. He emphasised that the process has a statutory mandate.

During the hearing, Justice Joymalya Bagchi remarked that inquiries conducted by the AAIB are not intended to assign blame. “The AAIB inquiry is not for apportion blame on anyone. It i

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