AI crash probe: AAIB reveals fuel switches moved to 'cutoff' within seconds, leading to tragedy
New Delhi, July 12 -- The preliminary report by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) into the Air India flight AI171 crash which crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12 killing 270 people revealed that the fuel cutoff switches were moved from 'run' to 'cutoff' within a second of each other.
After the switches of both engines flipped, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner immediately shut down mid-air just seconds after take-off and began to lose thrust and sink down, according to the report.
"The aircraft achieved the maximum recorded airspeed of 180 Knots IAS at about 08:08:42 UTC and immediately thereafter, the Engine 1 and Engine 2 fuel cutoff switches transitioned fro...
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