NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manish Tewari on Thursday criticised the Central government for failing to conclude ‘actual reasons’ behind the Air India Flight 171 crash, even after six months of the horrific incident and accused it of obfuscating ‘findings’ to avoid further embarrassment.
The ill-fated aircraft was headed to London’s Gatwick Airport on June 12, with 230 passengers and 12 crew aboard, but crashed moments after taking off from the Ahmedabad Airport, resulting in more than 260 casualties, including more than a dozen on the ground.
Notably, the aviation authorities are investigating a series of possible technical snags that led to one of the worst aviation disasters in country, however, nothing substantial or any ‘incriminating evidence’ has come out yet.