India DGCA Seeks Air India Training Records After Ahmedabad Crash Killing 271

India's aviation safety regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has requested the training records of the pilots and dispatcher involved in the recent Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash near Ahmedabad that killed at least 271 people. This request is part of a broader regulatory review of the accident, which also includes asking all flying schools across India to conduct training compliance checks. The DGCA has further sought details on actions taken by Air India following recent audits of the airline conducted in the past few months, with a deadline set for providing this information. The commanding pilot, Sumeet Sabharwal, who had 8,200 flying hours and was also an Air India instructor, and his co-pilot Clive Kunder, with 1,100 hours, were among those who perished in the crash. While the DGCA has not raised specific concerns about Air India's operations in the memos, these requests are standard procedure following a major aviation incident. The investigation is being conducted by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, and it remains unclear whether Air India has complied with the DGCA’s directives.