Delhi HC junks PIL over info on Ahmedabad plane crash

NEW DELHI: (Feb 25) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected a PIL seeking inclusion of information in the preliminary investigation report on the "complete sequence of events" leading to the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad last June.

The petitioner, a mechanical engineer from IIT-Delhi, had urged the court to "read down" the preliminary investigation report of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau and direct the authorities to modify the report to include the time-chart of "flame out" of engines and transition of fuel switches, whether mechanical or manual.

A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said the PIL, which also sought a direction to the bureau to publish such information in public domain, was "highly misconceived".