Preliminary findings into last month’s Air India plane crash suggest the aircraft’s fuel control switches were turned off.

The report highlights a critical finding: two engine fuel control switches transitioned to 'CUTOFF' moments after lift-off. A ...

There has been a backlash over the findings in India, with some saying the report points to pilot error without much information and almost dismisses the possibility of a mechanical or electric ...

The most glaring absence is of the comprehensive Flight Data Recorder data. The report mentions the transition of the fuel control switches, which implies that this data exists and was retrieved ...

A pilots’ union has hit out at the initial report into the Air India crash for raising the possibility of human error.The preliminary report published by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau ...

A five-member team, headed by 56-year-old Sanjay Kumar Singh, is probing the fatal crash of the Air India aircraft last month in Ahmedabad that killed 260 people.      Aircraft Accident Investigation ...

Seconds after taking off two fuel switches in the cockpit of Air India Flight 171 were turned off shortly after take off, ...

he preliminary report does not explain whether this was a mechanical failure, an electrical issue, a design fault or a ...

Soon after the horrible crash of the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, Flight AI 171 to London Gatwick on 12th June, taking ...

Sanjay Kumar Singh is the Director of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) and advises the director general of ...

A preliminary report said the plane's fuel switches were moved to the 'cut-off' position 'immediately' after take-off, ...

The fuel control switches on the London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner transitioned from “RUN” to “CUTOFF” within one second, causing a sudden power loss that led to the 12 June Air India crash.