‘Reports on crash not based on factual content’: Pilots’ body sends legal notice to Wall Street Journal, Reuters

The president of the Federation of Indian Pilots has sought an authoritative apology, accusing them of not basing their reports connected factual contented portion highlighting Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau's preliminary study connected AI-171 level clang successful which much than 250 radical were killed

Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) president Captain CS Randhawa. Photo: ANI

The president of the Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP), Captain CS Randhawa, connected Saturday called retired Wall Street Journal and Reuters, accusing them of not basing their reports connected factual contented portion highlighting Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau's (AAIB) preliminary study connected AI-171 level clang successful which much than 250 radical were killed.

Captain CS Randhawa's beardown remark followed the FIP's initiation of ineligible enactment done a ceremonial announcement to The Wall Street Journal and Reuters. They person besides sought an authoritative apology.

Strongly criticising the WSJ and Reuters, Randhawa blamed them for "misleading" the public, alleging that their reports are “not based connected factual content”. "I would wholly blasted the Wall Street Journal for misleading the public, they travel retired with their ain conclusions. Are they the investigative body? They're talking each this crap astir the world. They are not the investigative body, and the reports are not based connected immoderate factual content, which is mentioned successful the preliminary report. So, however tin they leap to conclusions and springiness property statements astir the world?" helium said.

Captain Randhawa said that FIP had issued a ineligible announcement asking them to contented a connection successful the press, giving an mentation of their reportage of the AAIB preliminary reports.

"We powerfully condemn it, and we've besides issued ineligible notices to the Wall Street Journal and Reuters. We person questioned them however they could leap to conclusions which were not portion of the preliminary study of the AAIB and however they could blasted the pilots. So we person asked for an mentation and told them to springiness a connection to the press," helium said.

"And if they don't bash it, we'll spot further action," helium added.

Captain Randhawa besides appreciated National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) statement, which rebuked caller media sum made implicit the preliminary investigative report.

FIP President said NTSB connection would enactment each speculations and blaming of Indian pilots by Western Media to rest.

"We are blessed that this study has travel retired from the NTSB chairman, arsenic NTSB is besides a portion of the investigative committee successful the AIIB. It is very, precise heartening to cognize that they person issued this connection which volition enactment each the Western media to rest, to transportation retired speculations and blaming Indian pilots," helium said.

NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy, successful a statement, urged the nationalist and media to await authoritative findings by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which is starring the probe into the clang incident, earlier drafting a decision based connected the preliminary investigative report.

"Recent media reports connected the Air India 171 clang are premature and speculative. India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau conscionable released its preliminary report. Investigations of this magnitude instrumentality time. We afloat enactment the AAIB's nationalist appeal, which was released connected Thursday, and volition proceed to enactment its ongoing investigation. All investigative questions should beryllium addressed to the AAIB," Homendy stated.