Air India Crash: Preliminary Report Reveals Fuel Cutoff Before Impact
Air India Crash: Preliminary Report Reveals Fuel Cutoff Before Impact A preliminary report into the fatal Air India crash that killed 260 people on June 12 has revealed that fuel to both engines was cut off moments after takeoff, leading to a rapid loss of thrust. Investigators with India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) found that flight recorder data indicated the plane’s fuel control switches moved to the cutoff position within a second of liftoff. Cockpit voice recordings captured one…