Posted on 02/21/2026 6:18:46 PM PST by TexasKamaAina
A video about the Air India fuel switches has been circulating online — and a lot of people are drawing big conclusions from it. But what do airline pilots actually think when they watch it?
Captain Steeeve reacts to the viral clip and explains how fuel control switches really work in the cockpit, why they’re designed the way they are, and what many viewers may be misunderstanding. Using real-world airline experience, he breaks down the aviation context behind the headlines while respecting the ongoing investigation.
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“ he doesn’t buy “
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Nobody should. It’s a standard ploy by the Indians to lay the blame for the crash somewhere other than the Air India pilot who was SOLELY responsible for his INTENTIONAL suicide and mass murder.
Let Air India and the Indian government pay for the consequences of this tragedy caused solely by an Indian citizen and NOBODY ELSE.
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You have to pull up to get the circled tab to disengage, flip the switch and then release to let the tab reengage on the other side. I can do little quarter inch switches with just fingertip friction, but those fuel switches look like they would need a real grasp and pull.
Exactly correct,
as can be seen in your depiction, the fuel control switch(s) cannot be accidentally moved to ‘cutoff’ (they are protected on left and right by rigid guards. see the blue tab in the photo)
They can however, BOTH be placed in cutoff at any time .
does not take much effort at all..
Captain Steeeve showed a video, which he wasn’t sure was authentic, where one of the switches could be changed without lifting the knob as designed. But to me and to Captain Steeve the odds that both switches would fail like that is astronomical.
I believe they actually recovered the switches from the crashed airplane, albeit burned, and they still worked.
If one engine was cutoff, they probably could’ve managed to get into the air on one engine. Not sure about that though.
I believe it was a case of mass murder/suicide.
The switch(s) CANNOT be changed without intentionally lifting as designed..
Yes, I know “as designed”. I suspect the one in the video has been tampered with to make it sensational.
The fuel control switch(s) CANNOT be changed without intentionally lifting it..
Apparently, you didn’t watch the video presented by Captain Steeeve.
In the video, the guy moves one of the switches from run to off and then back again with just ONE finger.
I believe the switch has been tampered with because the design is that it CANNOT be changed without lifting it.
The crash was mass murder/suicide.
you can lift with just one finger
unnerstan’ or disagree ?
Maybe you can lift with just one finger but IN THE VIDEO, he simply pushes the switch back and forth with one finger. No lifting.
Go to YouTube and search for Captain Steeeve (3 e’s) and watch the video!
Again, I think the switch has been tampered with or replaced all together for the video.
The crash was mass murder/suicide in my opinion.
No need to go to “Captain” Steeeve vid.
You cannot tell if the finger is lifting or not.
but it’s a good stretch to think the switch has been tampered with...
For one thing, why would it need to be tampered with since there is a such a negligible difference in if effort whether it had been tampered with or not?
Oh, good grief! If I’m ever on trial for something I hope you’re not on the jury.
You would be better off if I was..
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