Air India crash report likely to be ready in October, say investigators

The Indian agency investigating last year's India-plane-crash" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="165544" data-entity-type="event">India" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="23960" data-entity-type="organization">Air India plane crash that killed 260 people has said that a draft final report could be ready in October.The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) told the Supreme Court in an affidavit filed on Tuesday that it was currently "engaged in the analysis phase" of the investigation, which is expected to complete in around six weeks.The affidavit did not say when the report would be made public or disclose any findings related to the crash.The tragedy took place on 12 June 2025, when an India" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="23960" data-entity-type="organization">Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner en route to London crashed seconds after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport in western India.The plane came down about 6km (3.7 miles) from the airport, crashing into a building used as doctors' accommodation at a medical college, causing an explosion.Altogether, 260 people - 241 on board and 19 on the ground - were killed in the crash. Only one passenger - Viswashkumar Ramesh, from Leicester - survived.The AAIB launched an investigation soon after the crash and released a preliminary report a month later.In an update released on the first anniversary of the crash, it said that "significant progress" had been made in the analysis of evidence but gave few other details.