Captain Steve Scheibner, a seasoned pilot and aviation expert, believes that the deadly crash was the result of human action within the cockpit. Insisting that the aircraft itself was not to blame, he suggested that there was a "human hand" behind the accident.

According to a report published on Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal quoting sources close to United States officials’ early assessment of evidence, the black box audio recording of the last conversation between the two pilots indicates that the captain might have turned off the switches controlling the flow of fuel to the plane’s engines.

An Air India plane made an emergency landing in Hyderabad on Saturday due to a technical issue. On July 6, Air India flight AI 926, operating from Riyadh to Delhi, was diverted to Jaipur International Airport late due to adverse weather conditions in the national capital.

Officials said that both pilots had successfully passed the Class I medical examination within the past two years, a test that assesses their mental and physical fitness.

International airlines from South Korea and India are preparing to inspect its Boeing fleets following findings from the Air India crash investigation.