Boeing 787 Dreamliner: US aviation expert makes BIG claim on Air India plane crash, says it may have occurred due to...

A top aviation expert from the United States has suggested that a computer error in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane operated by Air India on June 12 may have led to its tragic crash. Mary Schiavo, a former Inspector General of the US Department of Transportation, made the comment in a recent interview with The Sunday Guardian newspaper. Schiavo told the publication the aircraft may have suffered what she called a dual-engine thrust rollback caused by a software failure -- a malfunction that had previously been documented and investigated in several Boeing 787 incidents.

Highlights similar Boeing incident
Schiavo also drew comparisons with a 2019 Nippon Airways incident, saying that a similar dual-engine rollback was investigated by the US National Transportation Safety Board, which found the cause to be a software glitch. After that, corrective action was mandated, but it remains unclear whether the issue was uniformly fixed across all Boeing 787 planes. She went on to stress the need for an independent and rigorous probe by the Indian aviation watchdog, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). "Investigators need to examine not just what Boeing has provided, but also what it hasn't," Schiavo stated.

Air India plane crash tragedy
On June 12, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane operated by Tata Group-owned Air India, carrying 242 people -- 230 passengers and 12 crew members -- crashed moments after taking off from the Ahmedabad international airport, killing almost everyone on board. The crash marked one of India's deadliest aviation accidents ever. The plane crashed in a residential area close to the airport and killed dozens others on the ground. Ramesh Viswashkumar, a 40-year-old British citizen of Indian origin, is the sole survivor of the tragic incident.