Air India crash investigation: Cockpit audio deepens mystery of Flight 171 accident
Fuel cut-off switches flipped seconds after takeoff in Air India crash, preliminary report finds.
Fuel cut-off switches flipped seconds after takeoff in Air India crash, preliminary report finds.
A preliminary finding into last month’s Air India plane crash has suggested the aircraft’s fuel control switches were turned off, causing a loss of engine thrust shortly after takeoff.
“I just feel like collectively, all of us together, we’re the hero. No one person did the save. It was a community effort.”
Authorities released the cause of the Air India crash in their preliminary report, following an investigation. The London-bound flight from Ahmedabad crashed moments into the June 12 flight. Only one passenger of the 242 passengers and flight crew survived.
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.
The London Gatwick-bound Air India flight from Ahmedabad killed 241 people on board
The focus on the fuel switches on Air India Flight 171 raised questions about the pilots’ actions.
The investigators’ initial findings note that fuel was briefly cut, but a final determination on the cause of the crash is likely more than a year away.
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