July 18 (Reuters) - A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month supports the view that the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane's engines, said a source briefed on U.S. officials' early assessment of evidence.

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has also rejected the international report, saying it is too early to draw any definite conclusions.

International airlines from South Korea and India are preparing to inspect its Boeing fleets following findings from the Air India crash investigation.

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau's preliminary report on the Air India plane crash contains more information than most people were expecting, which is helpful, global airlines' grouping IATA on Wednesday. The International Air Transport Association is a grouping of around 340 airlines, including Air India.

Boeing has reached a settlement with a man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 plane crash in Ethiopia.

A heartbroken Indian man, Ameen Siddiqui, who lost 3 relatives in the Air India plane crash, described the preliminary investigation report as a cover-up.

A small plane carrying four people collided with a tree about a mile away from the airport.

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.