00:00A preliminary investigation revealed that two fuel control switches of the Air India plane
00:07that crashed last month were cut off moments before the fatal incident. Shortly after takeoff
00:14and once the plane reached its top recorded speed, both engines were switched from run
00:19to cut off, resulting in a loss of engine thrust. The report also revealed that prior to the crash,
00:26there was confusion between the pilots. One pilot could be heard on the cockpit voice recorder
00:31asking why the other had cut off the fuel. The other pilot responded that he had not done so.
00:38The report does not state how the switch could have been flipped to the cutoff position.
00:43On the 12th of June, the London-bound flight crashed shortly after it left the runway in India's
00:48northwestern city of Ahmedabad. The plane was carrying 230 passengers, everyone on board
00:55except for one passenger was killed.
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