“During 2025, from January to July (till date), a total of 06 incidents of engine shutdown and a total of 03 incidents of May Day calls have been reported,” Mohol said in a written reply on Monday.In a separate written reply, the minister said the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s preliminary report, published on the basis of available factual information on July 12, does not contain any conclusion about the Air India plane crash and that the probe is still in progress.To a query on whether the government will investigate the crash from a sabotage angle as well, Mohol said, “every aspect is being looked into for determining the probable cause(s)/contributory factor(s) leading to the accident”.The minister, in another written reply, said a “total of 36 accidents (involving 2 scheduled aircraft, 2 non-scheduled aircraft, 19 trainee aircraft, 2 private aircraft and 11 helicopters) have been reported since 2022”.
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