Fuel switches cut off before Air India crash, report says
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The pilots, including flight instructors and an aviation safety consultant, have said the decision by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) to release only 28 words of summarised dialo
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A preliminary finding into last month’s Air India plane crash has suggested the aircraft’s fuel control switches were turned off, starving the engines of fuel and causing a loss of engine thrust shortly after takeoff.
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NDTV Profit on MSNAir India Ahmedabad plane crash: U.S. Golden Chassis helped AAIB download raw data from black boxA Golden Chassis from the United States helped download 49 hours of flight data from one of the black boxes of Air India's ill-fated Boeing 787-8 aircraft that crashed last month.
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The AAIB’s 15-page report stated that the two engine fuel control switches onboard transitioned from ‘RUN’ to ‘CUTOFF’ position, moments after lift-off. What is the AAIB?
Following the release of the preliminary report on the June 12 Ahmedabad Dreamliner crash, Air India will conduct a detailed review session for its pilots. Captain Manish Uppal urged pilots to carefully examine the report,
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Press Trust of India on MSNFrom hotel cancellation to loss of baggage, Ahmedabad air crash victims opted for array of insuranceFrom hotel booking cancellations to loss of baggage, and from accidental death coverage to trip plan withdrawals, insurance companies have received a range of claims from the kin of the Ahmedabad Air