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Air India crash report shows pilot confusion over engine switch movement

Air India crash report shows pilot confusion over engine switch movement

NEW DELHI : A preliminary report depicted confusion in the cockpit shortly before an Air India jetliner crashed and killed 260 people last month, after the plane’s engine fuel cutoff switches flipped almost simultaneously and starved the engines of fuel.The Boeing 787 Dreamliner bound for London from the Indian city of Ahmedabad began to lose […]

Air India jet’s fuel switches in focus, as crash preliminary report nears

Air India jet's fuel switches in focus, as crash preliminary report nears

New Dehli: A preliminary report into the deadly crash of an Air India jetliner in June is expected to be released by Friday, three sources with knowledge of the matter said, with one adding the probe had narrowed its focus to the movement of the plane’s fuel control switches.The London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which started […]