An Air India pilot's final decision may have prevented greater tragedy in a deadly crash that killed 270, leaving one survivor.

The parents of Sumeet Sabharwal, one of the pilots aboard the ill-fated Air India 171 flight, mourned his loss as his body was brought home to Mumbai on Tuesday (June 17). Sabharwal was the senior pilot on board the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner,

Relatives and neighbors gather outside the Powai residence as the mortal remains of captain Sumeet Sabharwal, who died in the ill-fated Air India flight, arrives home on June 17, 2025 in Mumbai, India