Overview
- AAIB confirmed it issued a January 9 summons to Captain Varun Anand and rejected claims that calling him amounts to harassment.
- The Federation of Indian Pilots sent a January 11 legal notice arguing Anand has no factual or technical link to the crash and citing ICAO Annex 13 limits.
- Anand, an Air India pilot and nephew of late Capt. Sumeet Sabharwal, has agreed to cooperate and appear via video conference.
- The late captain’s father has a writ petition before the Supreme Court contesting the investigation’s fairness and independence.
- AAIB’s July 2025 preliminary report cited an interrupted fuel supply after takeoff; the final report is pending and expected by June 2026.