Kozhikode plane crash: Five-member inquiry panel formed, report expected in 5 months

Aircraft Accident Investigation Board on Thursday set up a five-member panel, led by Capt S S Chahar, a formerly designated examiner of Boeing 737NG planes, to probe the Air India Express crash landing at Kozhikode on August 7.

Chahar will be the investigator-in-charge to inquire into the circumstances of this accident, an AAIB order said.

The investigator on-charge will complete its inquiry and submit a report to the AAIB within five-month, the order signed by AAIB Director-General Aurobindo Handa said.

Operations expert Ved Prakash, senior aircraft maintenance engineer (B737) Mukul Bhardwaj, aviation medicine expert Y S Dahiya, AAIB Deputy Director Jasbir Singh Larhga will assist Chahar in the inquiry.