In this Saturday, June 14, 2025 file photo, wreckage of the crashed Air India plane, which crashed into a medical hostel and its canteen complex moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, being lifted through a crane, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
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The engine fuel control switches of the Air India's ill-fated Boeing 787-8 plane were cut off seconds after of lift off, with one of the pilots asking the other why did he cut off and the latter responding saying he did not do so, according to AAIB.
In its 15-page preliminary report on the crash which happened in around 30 seconds of the plane lifting off, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on Saturday said the fuel control switches were switched on later but the deceleration in one of the engines could not be stopped.
On June 12, Air India's Boeing 787-8 aircraft operating flight AI 171 en-route to London Gatwick crashed into a medical hostel complex soon after take-off from Ahmedabad, killing 260 people, including 241 persons who were onboard the plane.
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