According to a preliminary analysis, the plane’s engine fuel cutoff switches nearly simultaneously turned, depleting the engines of gasoline, causing uncertainty in the cockpit just before an Air India airliner crashed last month, killing 260 people.
According to the report on the deadliest aviation accident in a decade issued on Saturday by Indian accident investigators, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner headed for London from the Indian city of Ahmedabad instantly started to lose thrust and sink.
While implying that Boeing and engine manufacturer GE were not directly responsible for the disaster, the report from India’s Aircraft disaster Investigation Bureau (AAIB) about the June 12 crash immediately after takeoff raises new concerns over the location of the crucial engine fuel cutoff switches.
