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.

A video making the rounds on social media has captured the moment a long-time colleague of the late Air India pilot shared her pain over his unfortunate demise.

The U.S. assessment is not contained in a formal document, said a source, who emphasized the cause of the deadly crash remains under investigation.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner had been bound for London Gatwick when it ploughed into a medical college close to Ahmedabad Airport in India. More than 240 people died in the crash

An Indian man shared a touching post on Facebook to mourn a woman who died in the Air India plane that crashed at Ahmedabad on Thursday, June 12, 2025.

Air India said on Tuesday it has completed precautionary inspections of the fuel control switch locking mechanism on all its Boeing 787 and 737 aircraft, with no issues detected. The probe into the Air India crash that killed 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground is focused on the fuel control switches of the Boeing 787 jetliner,

In a written reply to Rajya Sabha, Murlidhar Mohol, MoS, Civil Aviation said that Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has undertaken several efforts to strengthen the country's aviation safety.