SC to Pilot’s Father: Don’t Carry the Burden, It Wasn’t Your Son’s Fault

The SC has firmly stated that the pilot of the Air India Dreamliner crash is not to be blamed, offering solace to the bereaved family. It has also sought responses from authorities on a plea for an independent probe into the tragedy.

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SC : YOU SHOULD NOT CARRY THIS BURDEN

The Supreme Court on Friday told the father of late Captain Sumeet Sabharwal. The Pilot-in-Command of the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed in Ahmedabad in June. Killing 260 people, that “nobody in the country believes it was the pilot’s fault. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi made the remark while hearing a plea filed by 91-year-old Pushkar Sabharwal. Who has sought an independent and technically sound probe into the crash, monitored by a retired Supreme Court judge. It’s extremely unfortunate that this crash took place, but you (the father) should not carry this burden that your son is being blamed. Nobody can blame him for anything,” Justice Surya Kant said during the hearing.

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PLEA SEEKS FRESH PROBE INTO CRASH

Through senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, the petitioner argued that only a preliminary investigation under Rule 9 of the Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents). He also pointed to a report in the Wall Street Journal that, he said, relied on unnamed Indian sources to hint at pilot error. Justice Bagchi responded, Then your suit should have been against the Wall Street Journal. The insinuation in the press requires an appropriate forum, not a writ petition.

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