ADVERTISEMENTThe Federation is among those that moved the Supreme Court last year seeking a court-monitored probe into the crash, which killed at least 260 people. It says the AAIB's summoning of Captain Varun Anand, nephew of the late Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, in connection with the June 12 crash is "impermissible in law". Summoning him, the Federation said, was "wholly unwarranted and amounts to harassment and distress in the aftermath of a tragic loss". According to the notice, Anand is neither a factual or technical expert, nor a witness in the case. Anand was informed by his employer, Air India, that the AAIB had asked him to appear in connection with the crash, the Federation said.

Source: The Telegraph January 16, 2026 01:44 UTC