Indian investigators are expected to delay issuing a final report into a deadly Air India Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab 787 crash by the one-year anniversary on Friday, citing the need to complete an analysis of the plane's engines, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.
The GE Aerospace-made (GE.N), opens new tab engines have been at the centre of the probe into the crash of the Air India plane shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025, which killed 260 people in the world's deadliest air disaster in a decade.
A preliminary report released last year showed the 787's engine fuel control switches moved almost simultaneously from "RUN" to "CUTOFF," starving both engines of fuel shortly after the flight took off.
Investigators conducted engine testing in April and visited France last month as part of an analysis of the engine management unit, the source told Reuters on the condition of anonymity because the information is not public.
Earlier on Thursday, Bloomberg News reported the final report into the crash was expected within three months once studies of the engines, which had been sent to the U.S. for examination, were concluded.
Under international rules, a final report is due "if possible" within a year of an accident, but sometimes investigations take longer, so if that is not completed, an interim statement should be issued on each anniversary.
Reuters first reported last month that Indian officials were preparing an interim report rather than a final one ahead of the first anniversary because the investigation was deemed complex and time-consuming. At that time, a source told Reuters the timing of the final report had not been decided yet.
11/06/2026 Reuters
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