Air India Chief Raises New Questions About Crash
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Their appeals follow a swirl of narratives sparked by aviation experts and pilots reading the claims and omissions in the initial report as hints of either a cover-up or a deliberate act by a pilot to
The investigation report says Air India did not carry out those inspections - prompting speculation that the accident could have been caused by faulty switches being flipped by accident. However, in an internal note seen by the BBC, the FAA has since reiterated its belief that the issue did not compromise safety.
Air India Crash investigation reveals fuel switch concerns, sparking Boeing 787 safety review and urgent inspections across airlines.
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Newsner Stories on MSNFinal tense conversation from fatal Air India crash revealedA preliminary investigation into the tragic Air India Flight 171 crash has identified a critical in-flight error: the sudden cutoff of fuel to both engines just seconds after takeoff. The crash, which killed 260 people