“Don’t blame the pilots yet. Look at the plane.”
That is the blunt message from Boeing whistleblower Ed Pierson, who has torn into the growing narrative of pilot error following the deadly Air India 787 crash in Ahmedabad that killed over 260 people — including 242 on board the flight. Calling the Dreamliner an “electrical monster”, Pierson told Firstpost that investigators were overlooking deep-rooted manufacturing and systems failures.
What began as a routine take-off from Ahmedabad ended in a fireball killing people on board and in the canteen of the medical college hostel it crashed into and reigniting global scrutiny of aircraft safety. Pierson argues that the focus on pilot error ignores longstanding flaws in the Boeing 787 itself.
At 13:39 on June 12, an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Ahmedabad for London’s Gatwick Airport. Minutes later, the aircraft crashed into a neighbouring area. Thick black smoke filled the sky as AI171 turned into a fireball.
The plane was carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members. All but one were killed — charred to death. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh was the sole survivor. On the ground, the...
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