Fuel switches were cut off before Air India plane crashed, preliminary report says

The fuel switches were cut on the Air India plane which crashed and killed 270 people last month shortly after the plane, a preliminary investigation report published on Friday.

The report of the office of the India’s airplane accident survey arises while the airline has undergone intense pressure to respond to the accident, which killed the whole passenger except one on the plane and 29 others on the ground.

The fuel cut-off switches were from “run” to “cut” via the 1 and 2 engines on the Boeing 787-8 with two engines, a type of plane known as Dreamliner, according to the report.

“In the recording of the voice of the cockpit, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why he cut. The other pilot replied that he did not do it,” said the report.

The report is preliminary and a final report could take weeks. The report published on Friday does not reach conclusions or recommend actions to operators or manufacturers, and the survey continues.

Only one person survived the accident, British National Rameh Viswashkumar. His brother, also on the plane, was killed.

In addition to the 241 people on the deceased plane, 29 people on the ground were also killed when the plane crashed.

Flight 171 of Air India to London transported 230 passengers and 12 crew members when he crashed a few seconds after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in the west city of Ahmedabad. He explained himself in a building where medical students were seated for lunch.

After the switches were changed in a cut, there have been attempts to recover and Rabat, the report said.

“The basic deceleration of the engine 1 has stopped, reversed and began to progress towards recovery. The engine 2 was able to turn on, but could not stop the deceleration of the basic speed and reintroduce the fuel several times to increase the acceleration and recovery of the speed of the nucleus,” said the report.

A pilot then launched a distress call – “Mayday Mayday Mayday” – and the plane lost altitude and crashed, the report said. The aircraft exploding on the impact.

Air India said on Friday that he worked closely with regulators and cooperated fully with the plane accident investigation office and other authorities. He said he could not comment on specific details due to the current investigation.

“Air India is united with families and people affected by the AI171 accident,” said the airline. “We continue to cry the loss and we are fully determined to provide support during this difficult period.”

It was the first crash of the Boeing Dreamliner series, which was in commercial service in 2011.

The survey of the India’s plane accident investigation office included members of the National Transportation Safety Board American because the accident involved an American -making plane. Last month, the investigators began to analyze the black boxes after their recovery from the accident site.

After the accident, the India’s aviation watchdog, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation, ordered Air India to do additional interview on its Boeing 787-8 / 9 aircraft.

But no major concern was found, the guard dog said on June 17 in a statement.

A week later, the regulator declared in a press release that he had found several cases of “repeated defects on the planes indicating ineffective surveillance and an inadequate rectification action”, while probing several airports, including in New Delhi and Mumbai, and which he had ordered changes to be made within seven days.

Reuters said that the Air India subsidiary, Air India Express, was also reprimanded by the Indian authorities in March and is the subject of a survey by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency so as not to modify the engine parts of one of its Airbus aircraft in a timely manner.

Boeing said in a statement on Friday that he continued to support the investigation.

“Our thoughts remain with the relatives of passengers and the crew on board India Flight 171, as well as all those affected on the ground in Ahmedabad,” said the company.