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Fuel switches on Air India flight cut off moments before fatal crash: Preliminary report

According to the report, shortly after takeoff, the plane’s fuel cutoff switches for both engines went from the "RUN" position to the "CUTOFF" position, one after another within one second -- shuttin...

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Fuel to Air India plane was cut off moments before crash, investigation report says

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Fuel switches were cut off before Air India plane crashed, preliminary report says

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What the ‘Black Box’ Can Tell Us About Plane Crashes

A preliminary finding into last month’s Air India plane crash has suggested the aircraft’s fuel control switches were turned off, starving the engines of fuel and causing a loss of engine thrust shor...

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Amid Air India probe, US FAA, Boeing notify fuel switch locks are safe, document, sources say

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Timeline Details Final Seconds of Crashed Air India Flight

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Fuel to engines cut off before Air India crash, preliminary report says

According to data from the flight recorder, both of the plane's fuel control switches moved from the run to the cut-off position in the space of a second, shortly after take-off.

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Key events in the Air India crash investigation

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Explainer-What Are the Fuel Switches at the Centre of the Air India Crash Probe?

Air India pilot asked why fuel had been cut off moments before fatal crash

An Air India pilot asked why the doomed plane’s fuel had been cut off moments before it crashed. A highly anticipated report released by Indian authorities just after midnight on Saturday said initial findings indicate that switches controlling fuel flow to the jet’s two engines were turned off, leading to a catastrophic loss of thrust at take-off.

Air India pilots made fatal error after takeoff causing jet to plummet to ground killing 260, crash investigators claim

PILOT error is suspected in the Air India crash which killed 260 people including 52 Britons, The Sun can reveal. Analysis of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s Black Box indicates a possibility that the