Pakistan, July 17 -- Investigators are focusing on cockpit actions taken by the captain of the Air India Dreamliner that crashed last month, killing 260 people. A cockpit voice recording, cited in a Wall Street Journal report, suggests the captain may have cut off fuel to the engines shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on June 12.

The Indian Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released a preliminary report stating the engine fuel switches moved from "run" to "cutoff" within seconds of lift-off. One pilot can be heard asking why the fuel was cut, while the other denies doing so. Investigators have not confirmed whether the action was taken by Captain Sumeet Sabharwal or First Officer Clive Kunder.

According to the report, Kund...