The plane crash claimed the lives of 260 people, including 19 who were in the medical hostel building reduced to rubble because of the crash.

Investigators unveiled the final exchange between Air India Flight 171’s pilots seconds before the aircraft crashed, killing all on board but oneThe Boeing 787’s engines reportedly lost power after both fuel-control switches were shut off,

NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy's comments came amid an ongoing row over The Wall Street Journal's unverified and selective reporting regarding a pilot’s alleged role in the Air India Flight 171 crash that killed 260 people.

FIP president Captain CS Randhawa accused the two foreign media outlets of not basing their reports on factual content while highlighting the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau's (AAIB) preliminary report on Air India-171 plane crash.

The crew reported a fault with the stabilizer to engineers in Ahmedabad who fixed it, according to a preliminary report into the investigation released on July 12

The response came after a Wall Street Journal report claimed that cockpit audio from the ill-fated flight allegedly indicated the captain had manually cut off the fuel supply to the engines. The AAIB has taken serious exception to such claims being reported as fact while the investigation is still underway.