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On July 17, the Aviation Accident Investigation Bureau said in a statement that "it is too early to reach to any definite conclusions" about the crash
A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month supports the view that the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane's engines, said a source briefed on U.
NEW DELHI — A cockpit voice recording from the June 12 crash of an Air India Boeing 787 indicates that one of the pilots may have cut off fuel to the plane’s engines just after takeoff, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the early findings of U.S. investigators.
According to the WSJ report citing the audio recording, the first officer, expressing surprise, asked the senior pilot why he moved the switches to ‘cutoff’. He, then, panicked.
The Airline Pilots Association of India (ALPA-I), which represents over 1,000 pilots, said the crew deserved respect and not unfounded character judgments
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Asian News International on MSN"Conclusive that accident happened because both engines lost power": Aviation expert Ehsan Khalid on AAIB preliminary reportAviation expert Ehsan Khalid stated on Saturday that the preliminary findings of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) indicate that the Air India crash in Ahmedabad occurred due to a loss of power in both engines.
International airlines from South Korea and India are preparing to inspect its Boeing fleets following findings from the Air India crash investigation.