Air India Crash Probe Includes Psychological Autopsy, Court Documents Reveal

NEW DELHI — Documents filed in court reveal that India’s aircraft accident investigation agency has completed a psychological autopsy and evaluation as part of its ongoing inquiry into last year’s catastrophic Air India crash, with the psychologist’s final report already in hand.

The court filing did not specify whose psychological autopsy was performed, nor did it reveal any conclusions about the crash of the Boeing 787 that claimed 260 lives shortly after the aircraft departed from Ahmedabad, India.

India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau disclosed that investigators have put together a transcript of the cockpit voice recorder. However, analysis of data pulled in late May from an engine monitoring unit is still pending, and an examination of organizational factors connected to the crash remains underway. The agency offered no additional details beyond those disclosures.