Wall Street Journal report citing US officials suggested that it was the Captain of the AI171 flight who turned off the fuel control switches.

Campbell Wilson told staff in a memo that the pilots had passed a mandatory preflight breathalyzer test.

Officials said that both pilots had successfully passed the Class I medical examination within the past two years, a test that assesses their mental and physical fitness.

An Indian man was heartbroken after losing two relatives in the Air India plane crash and voiced his dissatisfaction with the preliminary investigation report.

Highlighting its track record, AAIB noted that since its formation in 2012, it has successfully investigated 92 accidents and 111 serious incidents. The ongoing probe into the crash of Air India’s Boeing 787-8 aircraft,