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Experts have since said it is not easy to “accidentally” cut off fuel switches. The 15-page document also includes a conversation between the pilots on the fuel controls before the crash.
A preliminary report on the Air India crash that killed 260 people finds that both fuel switches were in the cut-off position moments before the plane crashed in Ahmedabad Audio recordings from ...
The 15-page report released Friday by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau found that the cutoff switches for both engines were switched within one second.
A preliminary Air India plane crash report reveals confusion in the cockpit as the fuel switches were cut off shortly after takeoff.
Both fuel control switches - which are used to turn the engines off - were moved to the cut-off position, the report says It says that in the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard ...
Fuel switches on Air India flight cut off moments before fatal crash: Preliminary report Flight AI171 was operating from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, the airline said.
Indian authorities confirmed that fuel-control switches on an Air India flight that crashed in June had been turned off shortly after takeoff, but said they had been turned back on before impact.
Indian investigators determined the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was properly configured and lifted off normally. But three seconds after takeoff, the engines' fuel switches were cut off.
A focus on the Boeing 787’s fuel switches in a preliminary assessment raised questions about the pilots’ actions, but much is still unknown about Flight 171.
A preliminary Air India plane crash report reveals confusion in the cockpit as the fuel switches were cut off shortly after takeoff. The flight – a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner – killed at least ...
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