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A preliminary Air India plane crash report reveals confusion in the cockpit as the fuel switches were cut off shortly after takeoff. The flight – a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner – killed at least 260 people ...

The report also indicated confusion in the cockpit moments before the crash. In the flight's final moment, one pilot was heard on the cockpit voice recorder asking the other why he cut off the fuel.

Recovered cockpit voice recordings from last month’s deadly Air India crash reveal a moment of confusion between the pilots after the aircraft’s engines abruptly lost fuel just seconds after takeoff.

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NEW DELHI (AP) — Fuel control switches for the engines of an Air India flight that crashed last month were moved from the “run” to the “cutoff” position moments before impact, starving both engines of ...