New Delh i: The Supreme Court on Friday said no one blamed the chief pilot of the Air India Dreamliner for the June 12 crash , which claimed 260 lives, and asked his 91-year-old father not to carry any emotional burden.

“There is no insinuation against him even in the preliminary report,” a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said, emphasising that if necessary, the court will clarify that the pilot is not to be blamed for the “unfortunate” plane crash.

The top court issued notice to the Centre and the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on a plea of Pushkaraj Sabharwal, the father of deceased pilot Captain Sumeet Sabharwal.

Pushkaraj Sabharwal and the Federation of Indian Pilots have moved the Supreme Court for a court-monitored inquiry headed by a former apex cou

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