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Ahmedabad, June 14 (IANS) An American lawyer representing more than 130 people affected by the crash of Air India Flight 171 has submitted flight simulator test data to aviation authorities in the United States and the United Kingdom, arguing that the findings may challenge elements of the timeline set out in the preliminary investigation report into the disaster.In a letter dated June 11, D. Michael Andrews, associated with Beasley Allen Law Firm in Montgomery, Alabama, said he had provided the…

Ahmedabad/New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) on Sunday asked Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) to conduct a comprehensive new series of Boeing 787 simulator tests and re-examine evidence relating to the deployment of the aircraft’s Ram Air Turbine (RAT) in the crash of Air India Flight AI-171, arguing that simulator results do not support key timings contained in the bureau’s preliminary report.In a letter to the Director General of the AAIB, FIP presiden…