According to sources, the Air India Mumbai-Delhi flight AI 1851 was on the runway at Mumbai airport for more than 45 minutes. It was scheduled to depart at 3:25 pm

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing pleas, including one filed by the father of late Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the Pilot-in-Command of Air India flight AI-171 that crashed June on 12, 2025, seeking an independent, court-monitored investigation into the tragedy