{"id":10491,"date":"2025-07-20T12:38:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T12:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/10491\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T12:38:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T12:38:15","slug":"air-india-pilots-final-words-to-security-guard-on-day-of-crash-revealed-alongside-personal-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/10491\/","title":{"rendered":"Air India Pilot\u2019s Final Words To Security Guard On Day Of Crash Revealed, Alongside Personal Turmoil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The spotlight of attention continues to probe the life of late Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, after it was suggested that he intentionally cut the fuel supply to the doomed Air India Flight 171 on June 12.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last week\u2013mere days after India\u2019s civil aviation authority released a document reporting one pilot asking the other why he had cut off the fuel supply\u2013it was learned that Sabharwal\u2019s understudy, First Officer Clive Kunder, had his hands full with the throttle.<\/p>\n

HighlightsAir India Flight 171\u2019s crash investigation zeroes in on Captain Sumeet Sabharwal.Colleagues describe Sabharwal as gentle, soft-spoken.Investigators discovered Sabharwal\u2019s final words to a guard were hours before the crash.<\/p>\n

The ensuing analysis pointed out that Sabharwal, the senior pilot on deck, was unoccupied and highlighted his freedom to toggle the fuel switches.<\/p>\n

Since these observations, colleagues and others close to the man have come to his defense, but it has also been discovered that he had suffered more than one life-changing disappointment in the last three years of his life.<\/p>\n

Friends have been coming to Captain Sumeet Sabharwal\u2019s defense since the speculation about him surfaced\u00a0<\/p>\n

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One person to weigh in on the commercial aircraft captain was 61-year-old Neil Pais.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After an interview, British outlet The Telegraphreported<\/a> the former colleague saying on July 18 that Sabharwal \u201chad absolutely no airs about himself.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pais further described the man \u201cas so humble, so respectful\u201d and \u201calways [had] a smile when he spoke to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI never once saw him raise his voice or lose his temper. And yet he never compromised on work or safety. If there was an issue, he\u2019d point it out, but always in the nicest possible way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sabharwal earned the name \u201csad sack,\u201d and it may have hinted at more than just his appearance<\/p>\n

A report by Bored Pandacorroborated<\/a> Pais\u2019 assertions when it quoted a friend of Sabharwal\u2019s, Kapil Kohal, saying that he was \u201cvery polite, never cursed, never drank alcohol<\/a>, and spoke so softly\u201d that sometimes Kohal had to ask him to speak louder.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you open his cupboard, there were two formal shirts, two T-shirts, two pairs of shoes, one slippers, and one bag,\u201d Kohal recalled of their school days together.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a very reserved guy right from the beginning,\u201d Kohal further noted<\/a> Sabharwal\u2019s downward slanted eyes and indicated that it was this only that earned him the nickname \u201cSad sack.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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But new information has emerged indicating that there was perhaps more to the moniker than just his appearance.<\/p>\n

Air India notes that he was \u201cmedically cleared,\u201d but not everyone agreed with this assessment<\/p>\n

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Amidst the ongoing spat between American experts and media outlets and the Federation of Indian Pilots, investigators have started probing Sabharwal\u2019s background, and have since found that his mother\u2019s passing in 2022 had weighed heavily on him.<\/p>\n

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He would take bereavement leave and, upon his return, separate from his wife so that he could live closer to his ageing father, Pushkaraj, according<\/a> to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

Reports indicate that he had been \u201cmedically cleared\u201d before the crash.<\/p>\n

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Despite Kohal and Pais\u2019 defense of the pilot<\/a> with 8,200 cockpit hours to his name, reports have been cited of other pilots claiming that Sabharwal had indeed suffered from mental problems.<\/p>\n

He made a promise to the guard after asking him to look after his father<\/p>\n

The probe has taken investigators to Sabharwal\u2019s father\u2019s house.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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They spoke to the security working at the location and found that he would stay with his dad for \u201cfor two or three days\u201d at a time and take him for evening walks.<\/p>\n

Investigators learned of Sabharwal\u2019s mild manners there, too, where he would give the security food and share fruit and vegetables with him regularly.<\/p>\n

But another piece of information has come to light in the discussions with the guard that flies in the face of the s*icide-by-pilot theory that the media<\/a> so favors.<\/p>\n

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That last time he left his father\u2019s lodgings, he reportedly told the guard: \u201cPlease, take care of papa. I will be back soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

And this was mere hours before Boeing<\/a> 787 Dreamliner flight 171 operated by Air India<\/a> came crashing down and was consumed in fire after only 32 seconds of flight.<\/p>\n

A faction of the internet is not buying it<\/p>\n

One person disfavoring the probe into Sabharwal showed their displeasure with the probe into the man the man\u2019s background saying:<\/p>\n

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\u201cSure. Its \u201calways\u201d pilot\u2019s fault. Never airplane maintenance. Maybe because of possible compensation payments to victims relatives?<\/p>\n

\u201cHe left his life to look after his elderly dad was even looking into retiring to look after him full time so why would he do anything untoward knowing it would leave his elderly dad alone with no care, it makes no sense,\u201d protested another.<\/p>\n

Another user weighed in with rather revealing statement when he said:<\/p>\n

\u201cFlew Boeings for nearly 35 yrs\u2026.retired on the 777. Never had a FUEL\/CUTOFF switch ever move by itself or even heard of such a thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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