Fuel to Air India Plane Was Cut Off Before Fatal Crash: Preliminary Report

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In the planeโ€™s cockpit voice recording, one pilot was heard asking the other why the fuel switches were turned off.

A preliminary investigation into the June 12 Air India plane crash, which killed 260 people on board and on the ground, found that the flightโ€™s fuel control switches were cut off just seconds after takeoff.

Flight AI171, a Boeing 787 bound for London, was carrying 242 people on board when it crashed into a residential area shortly after takeoff. All but one person on board were killed, and 19 others on the ground died when the plane struck a medical college hostel. The sole survivor escaped through a broken emergency exit and sustained minor injuries.

The investigative report by Indiaโ€™s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on July 11 found that the fuel control switches for both engines of the flight โ€œtransitioned from run to cutoff position one after another with a time gap of 01 [second].โ€

Both engines then began to lose power from their takeoff levels as the fuel supply to the engines was cut off, the report stated.

In the planeโ€™s cockpit voice recording, one pilot was heard asking the other why he had cut off the fuel switches, to which the copilot responded that โ€œhe did not do so,โ€ according to the report.

Airport surveillance footage showed that the Ram Air Turbineโ€”a small turbine on aircraft that serves as an alternate power sourceโ€”was deployed during the planeโ€™s initial climb just after takeoff. Flight AI171 began losing altitude before it crossed the airport perimeter wall, the report said.

โ€œWhen fuel control switches are moved from CUTOFF to RUN while the aircraft is inflight, each engines full authority dual engine control automatically manages a relight and thrust recovery sequence of ignition and fuel introduction,โ€ it stated.

Both engines showed signs of relighting, but one failed to arrest core speed deceleration. One of the pilots transmitted โ€œMayday, Mayday, Maydayโ€ before the plane crashed outside the airport boundary, according to the report.

AAIB stated that it was still reviewing the evidence and โ€œat this stage of investigation, there are no recommended actions to Boeing 787-8 and/or GE GEnx-1B engine operators and manufacturers.โ€

By Aldgra Fredly

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