India, July 29 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday was apprised by the Government that the draft final report of the probe conducted by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) into the June 2025 Air India flight AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad will be filed before it in the first week of October in a sealed cover.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana also took note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the Federation of Indian Pilots can provide its inputs to the AAIB, which in turn, can peruse and deal with them if found necessary during the investigation.

During a brief hearing, the Solicitor General told the bench that four simulation tests have been conducted as so...