The investigation deadly crash of Air India flight 171 that took place 5 weeks ago keeps revealing disturbing facts regarding the circumstances of the accident.
Now, according to U.S. officials’ early assessment of flight recorder evidence, it arises that a cockpit audio recording of dialogue between the pilots supports the conclusion that the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane’s engines.
Reuters reported:
“The first officer was at the controls of the Boeing 787 and asked the captain why he moved the fuel switches into a position that starved the engines of fuel and requested that he restore the fuel flow, the source told Reuters on condition of anonymity because the matter remains under investigation.
The U.S. assessment is not contained in a formal document, said the source, who emphasized the cause of the June 12 crash in Ahmedabad, India, that killed 260 people remains under investigation.”
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No cockpit video recording exists, and Indian authorities are unhappy about the reports blaming the pilot.
“India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which is leading the investigation into the crash, said in a statement on Thursday that “certain sections of the international media are repeatedly attempting to draw conclusions through selective and unverified reporting.” It added the investigation was ongoing and it remained too early to draw definitive conclusions.”
The preliminary report shows that one pilot was heard on the cockpit voice recorder asking the other ‘why he cut off the fuel’ and the other pilot responds that he did not do so.”
The fuel switches had gone from ‘run’ to ‘cutoff’ just after takeoff.
The crash killed 19 people on the ground and 241 of the 242 aboard the flight.
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