India, Sept. 23 -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday described as "unfortunate" the selective leak of the preliminary inquiry report, which scoffed at speculation in the media about pilot error in the crash of an Air India Boeing aircraft at Ahmedabad in June this year, and called for maintaining absolute confidentiality until the inquiry is complete.
The top court also expressed concern over the "piecemeal leaking of the information" and "irresponsible" reporting by the media while emphasising the need to avoid rumours and speculations about the investigation into the accident of Boeing 787-8 aircraft operating flight AI171 en route to London that claimed 260 lives on June 12, 2025.
These oral observations were made by a bench comprising ...