Pilots' body FIP serves legal notice to AAIB in relation to Ahmedabad plane crash probe

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• Anand is also a member of the Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP).
• Sabharwal was one of the pilots who operated the ill-fated Boeing 787-8 plane that crashed into a medical hostel complex on June 12, 2025, soon after take-off from Ahmedabad for London Gatwick.
• As many as 260 people, including 241 on board the plane, were killed in the AI171 crash.
• "Captain Varun Anand is neither a factual witness nor a technical witness nor an expert witness in relation to the said accident.
• The sole basis for calling Captain Varun Anand appears to be his familial relationship with the deceased Pilot-in-Command, which is impermissible in law and renders the summoning arbitrary and unsustainable," FIP said in the legal notice, dated January 11, to AAIB, sent through its Counsel APJ SLG Law Offices.