Sunday, July 13, 2025 - Families of the Air India crash victims have been left stunned after India’s preliminary investigation found that the fuel supply to both engines was shut off just seconds after takeoff.
Last month, the London Gatwick-bound flight came
down in a residential area of Ahmedabad on 12 June, k!lling a
total of 260 people.
Now, a preliminary report published by India’s Aircraft
Accident Investigation Bureau, which is part of the ongoing
probe into what caused the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to come down,
has found that fuel control switches were moved to “cut-off” position as the
aircraft rose from take-off.
The 15-page document also includes a conversation between
the pilots on the fuel controls before the crash.
“In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard
asking the other why did he cut-off. The other pilot responded that he did not
do so,” it stated.
Following the report’s release, Badasab Syed, 59 – who lost
his brother, 49-year-old IT professional Inayat Syed, his sister-in-law, and
their two children in the tragedy, told the BBC he has just been left with more
questions, as he asked whether the tragedy was “avoidable”.
Of the 242 people onboard flight AI171 to London
Gatwick, 241 were killed, including 53 British nationals.
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