Sangli (Maharashtra), February 15 Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Murlidhar Mohol, has refuted a foreign media report about the investigation into the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad last year, stating that the investigation is still ongoing.
An Italian daily had claimed that the agencies investigating the crash had blamed the pilots in their report.
"I just want to inform everyone that our investigation agencies are looking into the matter. Should we trust our own agencies or external ones? Our agencies are working on it," Mohol said here on Saturday.
"Once the final report is finalized, then it will be appropriate to comment on it," he added.
In one of the worst aircraft accidents in India, a total of 260 people, including 241 passengers, died after Air India's Boeing 787-8 aircraft operating flight AI171 to London Gatwick crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025.
On Thursday, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) said the investigation was still in progress and no final conclusions had been reached.
It said that media reports suggesting that the investigation into the accident has been finalized are "incorrect and speculative".
