Fuel switches cut off before Air India crash, report says
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PILOT error is suspected in the Air India crash which killed 260 people including 52 Britons, The Sun can reveal. Analysis of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s Black Box indicates a possibility that the
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NDTV Profit on MSNAI 171 Crash: No Pilot Error, Focus Should Be On Engine Shutdown, Says Captain CS Randhawa | Profit ExclusiveCaptain Randhawa emphasised that the fuel control switches are physically guarded and spring-loaded, making it impossible for them to move without deliberate manual intervention.
Investigators found both engine fuel switches in the RUN position at the crash site, indicating that the pilots made last-ditch efforts to recover control of the aircraft before impact.
ONE of the pilots operating the doomed Air India flight asked why fuel was cut off just seconds after takeoff, a preliminary report has found. Initial investigation of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s