New Delhi, July 12 -- A Preliminary report on the Air India flight AI171 crash in Ahmedabad on June 12 today revealed that fuel cutoff switches were moved from 'run' to 'cutoff' within a second of each other which led to the tragedy.
The crash led to i270 people loosing their lives.
The report reveals that within 90 seconds of take off, both engines of the aircraft shut down unexpectedly during the initial climb leading to a loss of thrust and rapid descent. After the switches of both engines flipped, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner immediately shut down mid-air seconds after take-off and began to lose thrust and sink down, the report by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau AIB) said.
"The aircraft achieved the maximum recorded ...