NEW DELHI: A meeting of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee is scheduled for Tuesday, where top officials from the Civil Aviation Ministry, including the Civil Aviation Secretary and DGCA, are expected to appear, with the recent Air India Flight AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad, likely to be discussed alongside aviation safety concerns.

Sources confirmed that the Civil Aviation Secretary and representatives from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have been called in. However, the primary focus during the meeting will be on how passenger and other fees, airline charges, and tariffs are decided and regulated for public infrastructure and services at airports, as well as on safety concerns in aviation.

On June 12 this year, a London-bound Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The aircraft slammed into a hostel complex of BJ Medical College, killing 241 of the 242 people on board, including former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.

Since the incident, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has taken steps to assist the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) in conducting a full-scale inquiry. The AAIB, now equipped with advanced technology, is leading the investigation from its lab in New Delhi.