Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, was the captain on the flight, while Clive Kunder, 32, was the co-pilot who was flying the plane. Together, the two pilots had more than 19,000 hours of flight experience - nearly half of it on the Boeing 787. Both had passed all pre-flight health checks before the crash.

Following the tragic crash of Air India flight AI 171 on June 12, which resulted in 260 fatalities, there has been a significant increase in sick leave reported by Air India's pilots. Minister of State for Civil Aviation,