India, July 12 -- India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau or AAIB has released the preliminary report into the tragic crash of Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 aircraft, which crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12.

In the report, released shortly after midnight on Saturday, one of the findings shows both engines of the Air India Dreamliner shut down mid-air just seconds after take-off.

According to the AAIB's findings on the Boeing 787-8 crash - which claimed 270 lives, including 241 of the 242 people on board - the fuel cutoff switches that regulate fuel supply to the engines shifted from the 'RUN' to the 'CUTOFF' position almost simultaneously, within a se...