New details regarding the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, which resulted in 260 fatalities, focus on the senior pilot's actions. The black box audio revealed potential human error, with the captain possibly turning off fuel flow to the engines. A preliminary report showed that both engines lost power suddenly within one second during takeoff, leading to the crash. Although the fuel-control switches were found in the cutoff position, blame was not assigned. The incident involved 230 passengers, 10 crew members, and caused casualties on the ground as well.
The black box audio recording of the last conversation between the two pilots indicates that the captain might have turned off the switches controlling the flow of fuel to the plane's engines.
Both engines had shut down within the space of one second, leading to immediate loss of altitude, before the plane crashed into a densely populated suburb of Ahmedabad.
A preliminary report by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) found that the fuel-control switches had moved to the cutoff position but did not assign blame for the incident.
At 1:38pm on June 12, Air India Flight 171 took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, carrying 230 passengers, 10 cabin crew and two pilots.
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