In the light come the reasons for the crash of plane of Air India on June 12 at Indiaaccording to the preliminary finding of the investigation into the accident.
The switches that regulated the fuel supply of the two engines of the Air India Boeing 787 airplane that crashed seconds after taking off in India, resulting in their lives lost 260 people – almost all occupants on the aircraft and people in the aircraft – They had been shot in the “cutoff” position shortly before its fall on buildings.
The Preliminary Finddoes not conclude any conclusion for the causes and does not attribute responsibility for the accidenthowever, he stresses that one of the pilots asked the other why he stopped supplying the engines with fuel – the latter replied that he had not done so.
A total of 241 people on board Air India’s Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner were killed-just one survived-when the aircraft crashed on buildings a short distance from Ahmedabad (west) airport. The Indian authorities also identified 19 victims on the ground.
According to the preliminary finding, the long -distance passenger aircraft had developed a speed of 180 knots (333 kilometers per hour) and had just taken off when The power switches of the two engines were shot from the “Run” position to the “cutoff” position, with a one -second difference from each other. The two engines immediately began to lose power.
In the recording of talks in the cockpit, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why he stopped supplying fuel fuel. His second replies that he didn’t. It is not clarified whether the question was made by the commander or co -pilot.
Less than a minute later, the pilot is heard emitting the danger signal: “No push is achieved … We are falling … Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! “ and the aircraft is crashing.
Images from cameras on the airport surveillance system recorded that a small auxiliary turbine (RAM Air Turbine, Rat), was put into operation shortly after take -off. It is part of the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), designed for the electricity of the aircraft systems of the aircraft in the event of the engine stoppage, or when on the ground.
There were no birds in the course of the aircraft.
The plane began to lose height as it came out of the perimeter of the airport, according to the finding.