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.

Flight AI 315, operating from Hong Kong to Delhi on 22 July 2025, experienced an auxiliary power unit fire shortly after it had landed and parked at the gate,' the airline said