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Montgomery, AL , August 13, 2025: Almost two months after dropping his mom within the Air India Flight AI-171 crash, Hir Prajapati has taken the combat for justice throughout continents. Prajapati, whose mom, Kalpana Ben Prajapati, perished when the plane went down on June 12, has filed a lawsuit in opposition to Boeing in a U.S. federal courtroom, citing delays in India’s judicial course of.

“In India, trials can get dragged on for years,” he mentioned. “We want solutions now.”

Prajapati has engaged the Montgomery, Alabama-based aviation legislation agency Beasley Allen, with lawyer Mike Andrews main the case. Andrews, who represents over 65 households of victims from India and the UK, attended a candlelight vigil in Ahmedabad on August 12 to mark the crash’s two-month anniversary.

The lawsuit seeks entry to uncooked knowledge from the plane’s black field — the flight knowledge recorder and cockpit voice recorder — to determine the reason for the catastrophe. Households concern that delays in releasing the knowledge will hinder efforts to carry the accountable events accountable.

“Transparency is important,” Andrews advised reporters. “We should be certain that grieving households are usually not left at midnight, and that blame shouldn’t be shifted onto pilots with out proof.”

The transfer to file swimsuit within the U.S. comes amid hypothesis {that a} technical or manufacturing defect could have contributed to the crash. If confirmed, Boeing may face a product legal responsibility declare in the USA, which frequently presents swifter and extra complete authorized recourse than is accessible in India.

Beneath the Montreal Conference, households might also pursue claims in opposition to Air India, however Prajapati’s authorized crew believes the American route presents the perfect probability of a well timed decision.

Air India Flight AI-171, working on the Ahmedabad–London route, crashed shortly after takeoff on June 12, killing all passengers and crew on board. The investigation by Indian authorities is ongoing.

#WATCH | twelfth June Air India airplane crash: Hir Prajapati who misplaced his mom – Kalpana Ben Prajapati, within the crash has moved US Federal Courtroom in opposition to Boeing.

He says, “Now we have employed Mike Andrews. We count on the uncooked particulars of data from the black-box to return earlier than us on the… pic.twitter.com/dhkDnKIX8P

— ANI (@ANI) August 12, 2025