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Seconds before Air India flight 171 crashed while ascending from Ahmedabad, the fuel control switches of both its engines ...
A preliminary report on the Air India Flight AI171 crash revealed a catastrophic engine failure just seconds after takeoff ...
Engine fuel control switches are at the centre of the investigation into last month’s Air India plane crash, the preliminary ...
The preliminary report from investigators probing the Air India crash that killed 260 people showed that seconds after ...
Preliminary report reveals Air India crash may be linked to briefly switched-off engine fuel control switches. Understanding ...
According to preliminary investigation of Air India AI171 crash points, flight data showed both engines lost power seconds ...
The switches sit underneath the throttle handles in the cockpit’s centre console, positioned where pilots’ hands naturally ...
In the black box audio, one pilot is heard asking his colleague why he cut the fuel off, and the other pilot replies that he has not ...
A preliminary finding into last month’s Air India plane crash has suggested the aircraft’s fuel control switches were turned ...
The AAIB report said that no final conclusions have been drawn and detailed inspections of wreckage, engine components and ...
Fuel-control switches give pilots direct control over the fuel supply to the engines so that they can manually turn one of ...