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  • Preliminary report says fuel switches were cut off before Air India Boeing 787 crash

    07/11/2025 4:00:15 PM PDT · by Yossarian · 57 replies
    National Public Radio ^ | 7/11/25 | Joel Rose, Russell Lewis
    A pair of switches that control the fuel supply to the engines were set to "cutoff" moments before the crash of Air India Flight 171, according to a preliminary report from India's Air Accident Investigation Bureau released early Saturday in India. A total of 260 people were killed when the Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed shortly after it took off from Ahmedabad last month. Indian investigators determined the jet was properly configured and lifted off normally. But three seconds after takeoff, the engines' fuel switches were cut off. It's not clear why. According to the report, data from the flight recorders...