Still no closure on Air India plane crash as questions outpace answers

The crash report due next week may not be conclusive, but the spate of diversions, emergency landings, and narrow escapes over past month has brought need to improve aviation safety front and centre

Within a week or so, the preliminary report on the crash of Air India flight 171 is expected to be out, but it may or may not be conclusive. Until there’s closure on the June 12 crash of the Boeing 787 — which went down seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport, killing 241 people on board and 34 on the ground — millions who saw the plane burst into a ball of fire in repeated television replays may struggle to get their confidence back in flying. The truth about what triggered the fatal crash of the Dreamliner should not only