PEOPLE spoke to aviation expert Anthony Brickhouse about the tragic June 12 crash that killed 241 passengers and crew members. A black box recording suggested the captain of the ill-fated Air India flight had turned off the plane’s fuel switches shortly before the crash.

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has successfully decoded all data from the black box of the plane that crashed in Ahmedabad, according to Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu.

Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu told Rajya Sabha that the AAIB is unbiased in investigating the Air India plane crash and urged restraint until the final report is released.

Sandhu, who was also a designated examiner for the Boeing 787-8 fleet at Air India, had taken delivery of the now-crashed 787-8 plane -- VT-ANB -- in 2013.

NEW DELHI: Civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu backed the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) report and probe into the crash of Air India 171, terming the body “unbiased”, even as several lawmakers questioned him on the accident and on air safety.

Leaks in western media regarding Air India flight AI 171 crash prompt caution from aviation authorities and pilot bodies.

Rammohan Naidu says that there have been multiple reports not only in India but also in the Western media, trying to air their own viewpoints and narratives

Naidu also said that in a first of its kind instance, the AAIB has been successful in decoding data from black boxes of the crashed Air India plane in India itself.