Air India plane crash investigation suggests pilots may have made a fatal mistake just after takeoff

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Investigators probing the deadly Air India crash that killed 260 people last month are focusing on the actions of the cockpit crew, with early assessments indicating no apparent fault with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Preliminary findings suggest switches that control fuel flow to the aircraft's twin engines were turned off shortly after takeoff. This caused the jet to lose thrust, according to sources familiar with the US side of the investigation.

In aviation, the switches are used to start or shut down the engines and are typically left on during flight.

It remains unclear why they were turned off, and investigators have been left wondering whether it was deliberate, accidental or corrected too late.

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, one potential sign that the switches were off was the deployment of the plane's emergency power system, a ram air turbine or RAT.

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serendipity said:
Investigators probing the deadly Air India crash that killed 260 people last month are focusing on the actions of the cockpit crew, with early assessments indicating no apparent fault with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Preliminary findings suggest switches that control fuel flow to the aircraft's twin engines were turned off shortly after takeoff. This caused the jet to lose thrust, according to sources familiar with the US side of the investigation.

In aviation, the switches are used to start or shut down the engines and are typically left on during flight.

It remains unclear why they were turned off, and investigators have been left wondering whether it was deliberate, accidental or corrected too late.

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, one potential sign that the switches were off was the deployment of the plane's emergency power system, a ram air turbine or RAT.

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I'm thinking they had one engine failure and mistakenly turned the wrong engine off.
 
serendipity said:
A preliminary report on the Air India crash in June has found that both fuel control switches were in the cut-off position moments before the plane crashed in Ahmedabad.
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It appears that the investigators are incompetent morons. OK, we know that the fuel switches were turned off. Instead of projecting current confusion onto the pilots, investigators should be considering all scenarios that would lead a pilot to shut off the fuel switches and report on that.
 
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