Cockpit recordings reveal one Air India pilot questioning the other about cutting fuel mid-climb, raising fears a veteran captain deliberately doomed the jet.

CRASH investigators are said to be probing the medical records of the doomed Air India flight’s captain amid claims he suffered from mental health problems. A preliminary report into the

This has, in turn, led to further discussion on the sensitive topic of the mental health of pilots. While one should not indulge in speculation about the cause of the accident until the final report is published,

Captain Kapil Kohal, a long-time friend and fellow Air India pilot, called Sabharwal “sad sack” but remembered him as a “hero” with a “gentle soul”. “He was my senior at flying school and later in Air India. We called him ‘Sad Sack’ because of his melancholic eyes, but he was deeply charismatic and always ready to help.”

THE doomed Air India flight’s captain was considering quitting his job early after his mum’s death, his neighbours have revealed. The London Gatwick-bound AI 171 flight was led by

Air India crash investigators are examining the medical records of the pilot whose plane crashed in Ahmedabad amid claims that he suffered from depression and mental health problems.

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.

FEARS are mounting that the doomed Air India flight was a pilot suicide – as an aviation expert claimed there was a vanishingly small chance the fuel was cut by accident. Ex-pilot Terry