The survey of air tragedy her Indian water Last month, it focuses on the actions of the aircraft’s pilots and does not indicate a problem with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner so far.
Preliminary findings, as it reveals the sole report of the Wall Street Journal, indicate that switches that control fuel flow to the two engines of the aircraft turned off, leading to obvious thrust loss shortly after take -off, as sources revealed. Pilots use switches to boot the aircraft’s engines, extinguish them or restore them in some cases of emergency.
Switches would normally be activated during the flight and it is not clear how or why they were disabled, reports the report. Sources also reported that It is not clear whether the movement was accidental or deliberate or if there was an attempt to turn them back on.
If the switches were turned off, this could explain why the aircraft’s emergency generator – known as the RAM Air Turbine or Rat – seems to have been activated in the aircraft before the aircraft falls on a nearby hostel for medical students. In total, 260 people died, including all the occupants on the plane, except one.
NEW footage shows the crash of Air India Flight 171. pic.twitter.com/BGQSnOEdYh
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India’s air accident investigation office, which leads the investigation, It is expected to issue a preliminary report as soon as Friday (11.07.2025) local time.
“Nothing can be said about the cause of the crash right now, because the investigation is ongoing,” said Indian Civil Aviation official Murlidhar Mohol on the NDTV news channel at the end of June. “It’s a very rare incident – both engines have never happened at the same time.”
According to Air India, Governor Sumeet Sabharwal had more than 10,000 hours of experience on wide -air aircraft, while the clive Kunder co -host had recorded more than 3,400 hours.
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Today: Air India Boeing 787 bound for London crashes shortly after takeoff killing 242 people.
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On June 12, Air India’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into a densely populated area of Ahmedabadshortly after take -off, resulting in their lives 241 of the 242 occupants and 30 people in the student hostel who fell the plane. Research on the causes of the crash continues.