Air India, Boeing and fuel control switch
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A black-box recording of dialogue between the Air India flight's two pilots indicates it was the captain who turned off switches that controlled fuel flowing to the plane's two engines, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday,
The deadly Air India crash last month has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras monitoring airline pilot actions to complement the cockpit voice and flight data recorders already used by accident investigators.
The first officer asked the more experienced captain why he moved the switches to the "cutoff" position after it climbed off the runway, the report said.
El regulador de aviación de India ordenó el lunes a las aerolíneas que operan varios modelos de Boeing que examinen los interruptores de
International airlines from South Korea and India are preparing to inspect its Boeing fleets following findings from the Air India crash investigation.
The CEO of Air India sought to draw a line under rife speculation around the cause of last month's air disaster in Ahmedebad, saying the preliminary investigation had ruled out a mechanical cause for the crash.
A preliminary investigation report into the Air India crash on June 12 has revealed what happened on the Boeing Dreamliner during its final moments — a 32-second journey from lift-off to its crash into hospital buildings near the airport. The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need to start your day. Sign up here.