Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram on Monday wrote to Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu, seeking clarity and accountability over the Air India 171 crash that claimed 260 lives. Chidambaram also shared the letter on X, saying that fresh material inputs had surfaced following preliminary findings in the investigation.
Stressing the need for transparency, the Congress MP said that openness cannot be treated as optional when such a large number of lives have been lost. His intervention comes amid increasing demands for detailed disclosure and responsibility from the authorities handling the probe.
The Air India disaster is being described as the world’s deadliest aviation accident in a decade. At least 260 people were killed and several others injured when the London-bound flight, carrying 242 passengers and crew, crashed moments after taking off from Ahmedabad.
Flight AI171 went down on a government hospital hostel near the airport, leaving widespread destruction and debris strewn across the area, officials said.