The deadly Air India crash last month has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras monitoring airline pilot actions to complement the cockpit voice and flight data recorders already used by accident investigators.

The investigation report says Air India did not carry out those inspections - prompting speculation that the accident could have been caused by faulty switches being flipped by accident. However, in an internal note seen by the BBC, the FAA has since reiterated its belief that the issue did not compromise safety.

International airlines from South Korea and India are preparing to inspect its Boeing fleets following findings from the Air India crash investigation.

A black-box recording of dialogue between the Air India flight's two pilots indicates it was the captain who turned off switches that controlled fuel flowing to the plane's two engines, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday,

THE deadly Air India crash may have been the result of a human act inside the cockpit, a top aviation expert has warned. Captain Steve Scheibner suggested there was a “human hand”

The CEO of Air India sought to draw a line under rife speculation around the cause of last month's air disaster in Ahmedebad, saying the preliminary investigation had ruled out a mechanical cause for the crash.

Air India said on Tuesday it would partially restore its international flight schedule that was scaled back following the accident involving flight AI171 on June 12.