Tragedy and farce: Air India 171 crash calls for facts, not speculation

It is worth noting that it has been five years since the last large-scale civil aviation accident in India, the 2020 crash of Air India Express 1344 from Dubai to Kozhikode

We may not know for some time what led to Air India 171’s tragic crash just a few seconds after it took off. Crash investigations are some of the most comprehensive such inquiries carried out, and it is vitally important that we wait for this process rather than speculate. 

After all, there are some things that we already know: The class of aircraft in question, the Boeing 787 “Dreamliner”, has never previously been involved in a fatal incident — unlike, say, the same company’s controversial 737-MAX, which has suffered several crashes and been grounded more than once. It has been