New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- Six months after the Air India Flight 171 disaster that killed 260 people, Indian and American investigators remain at odds over key findings and how the final report should characterise the June 12 crash, according to a report by Italian publication Corriere della Sera that offered new details of discussions between the two sides. The dispute centres on the sequence of events in the cockpit during the critical seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad, with Western experts concluding captain Sumeet Sabharwal moved the aircraft's fuel control switches from "run" to "cutoff" position, cutting power to both engines, the newspaper reported on Thursday, citing five Western and local sources with knowledge of the investigation. According to the Corriere's reporting, the final seconds before impact, the implications from the data align with the preliminary report released by India's Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on July 12, which revealed cockpit voice recordings showing one pilot realising fuel had been cut off to both engines while his colleague denied initiating the action. However, that report did not identify which pilot made which statement. The Italian newspaper reported that recent discussions between AAIB and US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials have addressed "the most delicate" issue: how to write a final report that "does not embarrass India". The AAIB did not respond to a request for comment from HT. According to the report, one of the hypotheses being discussed is characterising the crash as a "crossroads of events-with an 'almost no' probability of repeating itself in thousands of years-which led to the disaster", essentially attributing it to unprecedented circumstances and bad luck, according to the Corriere's sources. "Washington will hardly accept" such an explanation, the newspaper reported. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, flying from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, crashed immediately after takeoff on June 12, killing 241 of the 242 passengers on board and 19 people on the ground when it struck a hostel for medical students. HT reported on December 8 that an AAIB team was travelled to the US this month with cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder information for detailed analysis at NTSB facilities. The visit is being seen as the last major step before the investigation is completed, with the final report expected before the June 2026 deadline....