AAIB said this was not the time to create public anxiety or angst towards the safety of the Indian aviation Industry. particularly on the basis of unfounded facts,”

This response came after The Wall Street Journal published a report claiming that a cockpit voice recording allegedly suggested the captain of the ill-fated flight had manually cut off fuel supply to the engines.

In the wake of media reports about the Air India crash’s investigation, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has said that the media and the public should wait for the final report after the completion of the investigation and stressed that no conclusions can be drawn at this stage of the probe.