Air India 171 Crash New Information Clears Pilots? I "Water Leak In Plane" says U.S Lawyer I Barkha

Today on Bottomline, Barkha Dutt speaks to the US attorney who is suing Boeing- Mike Andrews. - He is representing 95 Air India victims' family including some of the 52 British citizens who died in the AI 171 plane crash. According to Mike, Capt Sumeet Sabharwal, 55, and co-pilot Clive Kunder, 32, had been wrongly blamed for the deadly crash. An initial report suggested the Boeing 787 Dreamliner plunged to the ground next to Ahmedabad airport shortly after take-off because Sabharwal flipped off a fuel switch.

But Mr Andrews said there was not enough evidence to say the crash was due to pilot error. Instead, he claimed a faulty potable water system - highlighted by the Federal Aviation Administration a month before the June 12 disaster - in the toilets may have "shorted" the electrics and cut power to the engines. He also said it was essential to know when exactly - and why the RAT was deployed.