The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s preliminary report into Air India’s AI171 crash shows the fuel cut-off switches moved seconds after take-off without pilot input.

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Air India asserts that the fuel control switch adjustment, implicated in a crash killing 260 people, was advisory rather than ...

Fuel control switches to the engines of an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 260 people, were ...

It appears this transition may have happened due to technical malfunctioning of the system but AAIB will need more time to ...

Experts are divided on attributing the crash to an aircraft design flaw or human error.  Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

The preliminary report released by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) confirms that both fuel control switches on VT-ANB transitioned from “RUN” to “CUTOFF” mid-air, just three ...