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AI 171 crash: What is a fuel switch? Probe may hint at how both engines failed before take-off
The London-bound AI-171 flight crashed within seconds of take-off on June 12, striking the BJ Medical College hostel building and killing all 241 passengers and crew on board, along with 19 people on the ground.
Air India Crash report: Tale of the aircraft’s 2 fuel control switches, from lift-off to wreckage
The Boeing 787-8 aircraft’s engine fuel control switches transitioned from ‘RUN’ to ‘CUTOFF’ position within a second of each other moments after lift-off, leading to the worst aviation disaster involving an Indian airline in four decades.
As investigators probe the tragic crash of Air India AI-171, which killed 241 of the 242 passengers aboard on June 12, fresh ...
Apparent gaps in AAIB’s preliminary report means that while a key factor in the disaster—cutting of the fuel supply—has been ...
Is the dual fuel control switch activation on Flight AI171 likely a case of pilot fatigue and human factors breakdown?
The analysis states that the fuel shut-off was moved in the air.
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