The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre, the DGCA and others on a plea filed by the father of late Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, who was the Pilot-in-Command of the Air India plane involved in a June crash in Ahmedabad that killed 260 people.

The plea filed by the deceased captain’s father sought a retired judge-monitored fair, transparent, and technically sound probe into the crash of Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft.

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“Unfortunately, this crash took place, but you (father) should not carry this burden that your son is being blamed… Nobody can blame him (pilot) for anything,” stated the apex court.

“No one in India believes it was the pilot’s fault,” says Justice Surya Kant.

The petition, filed by 91-year-old Pushkaraj Sabharwal along with the Feder

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