According to a report by the U.S. "Wall Street Journal" on the 16th, the captain of the Indian Airlines crash last month shutting off the fuel switch might be the direct cause of the crash. In response to this claim, the chairman of the Indian Pilots' Association condemned it on the 17th.

According to reports from India TV, Hindustan Times and other media outlets, the chairman of the Indian Pilots' Association, Charanveer Singh Randhawa, strongly condemned the U.S. media's report on the 17th. He said that the preliminary report released by the Indian Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau did not attribute the cause of the crash to the pilot, "it did not mention that the fuel switch was shut off due to the pilot's mistake."

Randhawa believed that the "Wall Street Journal" report was "unsubstantiated," "only their own speculation, they should not have done this, Western media has been doing this all the time."

Randhawa said, "Indian pilots are one of the best groups of pilots in the world. The 'Wall Street Journal' contacted me, I did not express my opinion to them because I oppose this American media. I strongly condemn this report by the 'Wall Street Journal,' and we will take action."

He also said that it is not advisable to rush to make comments now, and the outside world should patiently wait for the final investigation report to be released.

The Indian Pilots' Association insisted that the speculative report by the "Wall Street Journal" undermined the impartiality of the ongoing investigation and was disrespectful to the victims of this tragic event.

On June 12, an Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" of Air India en route to London, UK, crashed, killing 274 people, including 33 ground personnel, with only one person surviving on board.

This month on the 12th, the Indian Air Accidents Investigation Bureau (AAIB) issued a preliminary investigation report which concluded that the direct cause of the crash was the cutoff of fuel supply to the aircraft engines.

The investigation team was led by the Indian Air Accidents Investigation Bureau and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. The "Wall Street Journal" reported that U.S. sources who had read the report said that the cockpit voice recorder showed that the captain, Sumit Sabharwal, shut off the fuel switch.

The report stated, "In the cockpit voice recording, one pilot can be heard asking another pilot, 'Why did you cut it off?' And the other pilot replied, 'I didn't do that.'"

Soon after this conversation between the pilots, the fuel supply switches of both engines were turned on again, and the engines seemed to be restarting. However, at that moment, one of the pilots sent out an "emergency distress signal."

The "Wall Street Journal" cited a U.S. pilot who claimed to have read the Indian preliminary report, saying that the plane was in the climbing phase, and the co-pilot may have been busy controlling the plane. The captain was supervising the entire operation, and was more likely to have his hands free, thus possibly touching the engine fuel supply switch.

After the release of the preliminary investigation report, some families of the victims accused the Indian airline and the Indian government of "rushing to shift blame onto the pilots" and concealing the truth about the accident.

Indian civil aviation official Muridhar Mohol said that conclusions should not be drawn hastily based on the preliminary investigation results, "Once the final report is released, the cause of the accident will naturally come to light."

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