A preliminary report into the Air India Flight 171 crash that killed 260 people, including 241 people on board, has been released. The London-bound aircraft, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed soon …
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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 additional 29 people on the ground were also killed.
Air India Crash Report Confirms Fuel Was Cut Off Before Accident
Preliminary findings cite apparent pilot confusion over fuel-control switches being turned off.
New report sheds light on Air India crash that killed 260
The preliminary report on the Air India plane crash that killed hundreds indicates what the pilots said to each other just before the plane collided into a building. Investigators at this point appear …
Fuel to engines cut off before Air India crash, preliminary report says
Fuel to the engines of the Air India plane involved in a deadly crash was cut off moments after takeoff, a preliminary report has found. In recovered cockpit voice recordings, the report said one of …
Indian agency releases preliminary report on deadly Air India crash
The London-bound plane had barely left the runway at Ahmedabad airport before it careened back to earth. Everyone on board was killed, except for one passenger.
Inside the cockpit: How Air India’s Boeing Dreamliner flight ended in disaster
A preliminary report into the Air India crash that killed 260 people last month showed the plane’s engines fuel cutoff switches almost simultaneously flipped from run to cutoff, starving the engines …
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 …