Air India, Crash
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By David Shepardson and Dan Catchpole (Reuters) -A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month indicates the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane's engines,
The Air India airliner carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members was on its way to the United Kingdom when it crashed into a building shortly after takeoff on June 12, killing all aboard, except for one survivor, and several people on the ground, according to authorities.
Fuel control switches for the engines of an Air India flight that crashed last month were moved from the “run” to the “cutoff” position moments before impact, starving both engines of fuel, a preliminary investigation report said early Saturday.
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.
THE captain of the tragic Air India flight reportedly stayed calm as he deliberately cut off fuel to both engines seconds after takeoff, US officials said. Captain Sumeet Sabharwal — the
Preliminary findings cite apparent pilot confusion over fuel-control switches being turned off.
One month after an Air India flight crashed and killed over 200 people, investigators on Saturday revealed the fuel to both engines of the Boeing 787 plane had been mysteriously cut off prior to the incident.