(Reuters) -The United States National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said on Friday that recent media reports on the crash of an Air India Boeing Dreamliner that killed 260 people were premature and speculative.

A fire broke out in the auxiliary power unit (APU) of Air India flight AI-315, an Airbus A321, shortly after landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi from Hong Kong on Tuesday, the airline reported.

Air India Boeing Dreamliner early media coverage theories dismissed by NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy as premature.

With conclusive information hard to come by weeks after the fatal Air India crash, the aviation industry has shifted its focus to possible pilot error.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has admonished premature media coverage of the preliminary investigation into the Air India 171 crash. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) leads the inquiry and urges patience for factual findings,

Jennifer Homendy has backed Indian investigators' appeal for restraint following reports that the captain moved fuel control switches to 'CUTOFF' position.

NTSB chief Jennifer Homendy calls reports on Air India crash 'premature and speculative as probe continues; AAIB, CEO Campbell Wilson also urge public not to jump to conclusions