The Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association (ICPA) on Sunday condemned insinuations of pilot suicide as baseless and insensitive, saying the crew acted in line with their training for an emergency. The pilots associations have also questioned the selective media leaks hinting at pilot error ahead of the publication of the preliminary report.

An aviation expert said the alleged fatal error made moments before tragic Air India Flight 171 crashed would not have been an easy one to make due to fuel switch design