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Fuel to Air India plane was cut off moments before crash, investigation report says
Preliminary findings into last month’s Air India plane crash suggest the aircraft’s fuel control switches were turned off, ...
Air India crash: Can pilots accidentally shut engines? 'RUN-CUTOFF' switches, 1 second-gap confound experts
A preliminary investigation report into last month's Air India crash revealed that within seconds of the takeoff, the fuel control switches on the engines were moved from the "RUN" position to the ...
Air India Crash report: The crucial importance of fuel switches and what pilots discussed in final moments
The Boeing 787-8 aircraft’s engine fuel control switches transitioned from ‘RUN’ to ‘CUTOFF’ position within a second of each ...
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From 'cutoff' to 'run', Air India pilots tried relighting engines before Mayday
While the first engine’s core deceleration stopped, reversed, and began to recover, the second engine could not arrest its ...
Fuel switches were cut off before Air India plane crashed, preliminary report says
The crash of Air India Flight 171 seconds after takeoff on June 12 killed all but one of the 242 people on board. An ...
Air India plane's fuel switches were cut off before crash, report finds
The 15-page report released Friday by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau found that the cutoff switches for both ...
Explainer-What are the fuel switches at the centre of the Air India crash probe?
The preliminary report from investigators probing the Air India crash that killed 260 people showed that seconds after takeoff, the Boeing 787 plane's engine fuel control switches were switched off ...