Overview
- The June 12 crash near Ahmedabad killed 260 people and was the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, according to official reports.
- Reporting describes a standoff when Indian officials proposed moving the recorders to a remote Korwa facility, prompting NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy to tell her team “Don’t get on it” and to insist on analysis in New Delhi or Washington.
- India ultimately decoded the flight and cockpit recorders in New Delhi using U.S.-supplied equipment after an ultimatum that American support would be withdrawn if a location was not chosen within 48 hours.
- The AAIB preliminary readout found the fuel-control switches were moved from run to cutoff one second apart and then moved back about 10 seconds later, with separate reporting noting differing final control inputs by the two pilots and a brief exclamation on the cockpit audio.
- U.S. and Indian teams clashed over site access and sequencing, with Americans citing restrictions on photographing wreckage and delays, while interpretations diverged as some U.S. officials privately suspect deliberate pilot action and Indian pilot groups seek independent court-monitored scrutiny; no official cause has been determined.