Video images broadcast after the crash show the Boeing Dreamliner unable to take altitude, then crash into a ball of orange fire.
In his interview with NDTV, Mr. Mohol mentioned, among others, the scenario of a simultaneous breakdown of the two engines of the aircraft.
“It never happened,” he said.
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“The (survey) report will allow us to say if the engines have had a problem, if it is a question of food in kerosene and why the two engines have stopped working,” added the minister.
“It is too early to say, but whatever the reason (of the accident), it will be known,” continued Mr. Mohol, evoking a report “within three months”.
The Crash of the flight 171 of Air India, bound for London, is the first involving a B-787, entered service in 2011.
The civil aviation ordered an inspection of the 33 other B-787 in the Air India service in the aftermath of the accident. Mr. Mohol repeated on Sunday that this operation had revealed “no problem”.
To date, the forensic doctors have been able, thanks to DNA, to put a name on 260 victims.
The identification work is still in progress.
