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Al crash probe: AAIB reveals fuel switches moved to 'cutoff' within seconds, leading to tragedy
The Northlines
|13 July 2025
The preliminary report by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) into the Air India flight Al171 crash which crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12 killing 270 people revealed that the fuel cutoff switches were moved from ‘run’ to ‘cutoff within a second of each other.
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After the switches of both engines flipped, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner immediately shut down midair just seconds after take off and began to lose thrust and sink down, according to the report.
This story is from the 13 July 2025 edition of The Northlines.
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