A preliminary report shows the deadly crash in June of Air India Flight 171 might have been caused by the error of one of its pilots who, for some reason, appears to have switched off the fuel for both engines moments before the crash.
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Results released on Friday from the probe into the crash that left more than 240 people dead, with one survivor who walked away, found that the engine fuel cutoff switch was flipped seconds after the plane took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, India, before the airliner crashed into a nearby neighborhood moments later.
A preliminary report into the Air India crash last month, which left at least 270 people dead. https://t.co/l114CcYYRT
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An early assessment of information from the aircraft’s voice and data recorder reportedly ruled out some kind of design flaw or mechanical failure,