UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch announced that it is investigating the preliminary Air India plane crash report released by its Indian counterpart. British AAIB is part of the investigatory process since it involves the death of 52 British nationals on board.

The AI 171 crash took place on June 12, when the London-bound Air India Boeing 787-8 aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The aircraft hit a hostel building at BJ Medical College,

The preliminary report by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, constituted by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, has been submitted to the Public Accounts Committee in just about 30 days. Various hypotheses of bird hit,