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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.

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Air India crash report shows pilot confusion over engine switch movement
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Air India says will review preliminary plane crash report with pilots
Why cockpit audio deepens the mystery of Air India crash
Just seconds after take-off, both of the 12-year-old Boeing 787 Dreamliner's fuel-control switches abruptly moved to the "cut-off" position, starving the engines of fuel and triggering total power lo...

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Timeline Details Final Seconds of Crashed Air India Flight
Explainer: What are the fuel switches at the centre of the Air India crash probe?
Fuel to engines cut off before Air India crash, preliminary report says
Experts had previously speculated that birds could have caused the crash, but the report said that "no significant bird activity" was observed in the vicinity of the plane's flight path.

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Air India crash report points to chip malfunction, says analyst
Investigation into deadly Air India crash finds plane's engine fuel cut-off switches were flipped off
Was pilot action to blame for Air India Ahmedabad crash? Here’s what we know so far
The AAIB’s preliminary report says fuel to the engines was cut off before crash, and one pilot asks the other ‘why did he cutoff’.
Are India's skies safe? Air safety watchdog responds amid rising concerns
Just how safe are India's skies? It's a question many are asking after June's devastating Air India crash, which killed at least 270 people. The London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner went down less than a minute after taking off from Ahmedabad airport in western India on 12 June.
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