A cockpit voice recording suggests confusion between the two pilots, raising fresh questions over the change of the fuel switch settings from run to cutoff-
Seconds to disaster: What we know about the Air India crash and the fuel switches under scrutiny
Seconds to disaster: What we know about the Air India crash and the fuel switches under scrutiny
A cockpit voice recording suggests confusion between the two pilots, raising fresh questions over the change of the fuel switch settings from run to cutoff.
Seconds to disaster: What we know about the Air India crash and the fuel switches under scrutiny
A preliminary report into the Air India crash that killed 260 people last month showed the plane’s fuel control switches moved from the run to cutoff position almost simultaneously, starving the engines of fuel.
A cockpit voice recording suggests confusion between the two pilots, raising fresh questions over the change of the switch settings.
Here’s what we know about the fuel cutoff switches, the pilots and the sequence of events – by the seconds – on Jun 12.
TIMELINE
In their preliminary report released on Saturday (Jul 12), Indian investigators detailed the timeline of what happened in the moments before the deadly crash. Asia
Seconds to disaster: What we know about the Air India crash and the fuel switches under scrutiny
Seconds to disaster: What we know about the Air India crash and the fuel switches under scrutiny
A cockpit voice recording suggests confusion between the two pilots, raising fresh questions over the change of the fuel switch settings from run to cutoff.
Seconds to disaster: What we know about the Air India crash and the fuel switches under scrutiny
A view shows the rear of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane following its crash, in Ahmedabad, India, Jun 12, 2025. (File photo: Central Industrial Security Force via X/Handout via REUTERS)
A preliminary report into the Air India crash that killed 260 people last month showed the plane’s fuel control switches moved from the run to cutoff position almost simultaneously, starving the engines of fuel.
A cockpit voice recording suggests confusion between the two pilots, raising fresh questions over the change of the switch settings.
Here’s what we know about the fuel cutoff switches, the pilots and the sequence of events – by the seconds – on Jun 12.
TIMELINE
In their preliminary report released on Saturday (Jul 12), Indian investigators detailed the timeline of what happened in the moments before the deadly crash.
