<p>New Delhi: As the high-level committee headed by the Home Secretary probing Air India crash met here for the first time, CPI(M) on Monday said that a “parallel” investigation by a “panel filled with bureaucrats will undermine” the probe by Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bureau (AAIB) and may raise doubts about “possible government interference”.</p><p>It said the investigation is “better left to professionals and experts” and the high-level committee should instead go into the Ahmedabad and other earlier crash investigation reports to formulate binding rules and mechanisms for strict implementation to prevent settlements and buildings coming up within prescribed distance and safety parameters in the proximity of airports.</p>.How fate saved the lives of passengers who missed fateful Air India flight .<p>At the meeting, officials said, the panel headed by Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan discussed various possible theories that could have led to the crashing of Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft on June 12, as well as steps to be taken to check future occurrence of any such accident.</p><p>In its statement, the CPI(M) Polit Bureau said AAIB has commenced its “independent” investigation into the causes and circumstances surrounding the crash as per international protocols and norms set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and is taking possession of the black boxes of the aircraft and all other evidence.</p><p>It said the government has set up the high-level committee with “many of the same goals”, such as to determine the “root cause” of the accident with access to the black boxes and interact with international bodies among other things.</p><p>“Having a parallel high-powered governmental air crash investigation committee filled with bureaucrats will undermine the AAIB investigation and raise doubts about possible government interference, the very purpose of constituting the AAIB under ICAO Annex 13,” the statement said.</p><p>The party demanded that the Terms of Reference of the high-level committee be “immediately revised to remove all overlaps" with the AAIB investigation, especially as to the cause and circumstances of the crash of AI-171 aircraft. </p><p>“In Ahmedabad, but for chance many more casualties could have occurred on the ground, where large medical facilities were also very close by. Firm steps are required to prevent such occurrence in future,” it added. </p>
<p>New Delhi: As the high-level committee headed by the Home Secretary probing Air India crash met here for the first time, CPI(M) on Monday said that a “parallel” investigation by a “panel filled with bureaucrats will undermine” the probe by Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bureau (AAIB) and may raise doubts about “possible government interference”.</p><p>It said the investigation is “better left to professionals and experts” and the high-level committee should instead go into the Ahmedabad and other earlier crash investigation reports to formulate binding rules and mechanisms for strict implementation to prevent settlements and buildings coming up within prescribed distance and safety parameters in the proximity of airports.</p>.How fate saved the lives of passengers who missed fateful Air India flight .<p>At the meeting, officials said, the panel headed by Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan discussed various possible theories that could have led to the crashing of Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft on June 12, as well as steps to be taken to check future occurrence of any such accident.</p><p>In its statement, the CPI(M) Polit Bureau said AAIB has commenced its “independent” investigation into the causes and circumstances surrounding the crash as per international protocols and norms set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and is taking possession of the black boxes of the aircraft and all other evidence.</p><p>It said the government has set up the high-level committee with “many of the same goals”, such as to determine the “root cause” of the accident with access to the black boxes and interact with international bodies among other things.</p><p>“Having a parallel high-powered governmental air crash investigation committee filled with bureaucrats will undermine the AAIB investigation and raise doubts about possible government interference, the very purpose of constituting the AAIB under ICAO Annex 13,” the statement said.</p><p>The party demanded that the Terms of Reference of the high-level committee be “immediately revised to remove all overlaps" with the AAIB investigation, especially as to the cause and circumstances of the crash of AI-171 aircraft. </p><p>“In Ahmedabad, but for chance many more casualties could have occurred on the ground, where large medical facilities were also very close by. Firm steps are required to prevent such occurrence in future,” it added. </p>
