Sept. 23 (UPI) -- India's aviation authorities received a stern rebuke from the country's Supreme Court for suggesting that one of the pilots bore responsibility, through either blunder or intent, for the Air India disaster in June.
The court Monday issued notices to the Air Accident Investigation Bureau and Civil Aviation Directorate General, saying it was "irresponsible" for them to leak the suggestion that pilot error caused the crash, which killed all but one of the 242 passengers and crew and 19 people on the ground.
The case was brought by an aviation safety advocacy group, which is seeking an independent investigation, arguing there are conflict of interest concerns around three members of the AAIB panel investigating the crash because they are from the CADG, the regulator.
The Safety Matters Foundation also alleged that an electrical fault caused the crash, rather than the pilots.
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