According to AAIB's report, Clive Kunder, a pilot with roughly 1,100 flight hours on Boeing's most advanced jet, was flying the plane.

Aviation expert Sanjay Lazar on Sunday said that the preliminary report by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on the Air India flight 171 crash raises more questions than answers, and expressed that the investigative authority should have made the transcript of cockpit voice recorder (CVR) public.