An Air India flight crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad, resulting in 260 fatalities, including 242 passengers and crew and 19 individuals on the ground. A preliminary report indicated that fuel-control switches moved to the "cut-off" position just seconds into the flight, leading to a total power loss. The aircraft, which took off at 13:39 local time, impacted a building near a medical college shortly after climbing to 625 feet. A mayday call was noted from the pilots shortly before the crash, and cockpit recordings revealed a concern regarding the fuel cutoff decision.
A preliminary report into the investigation found that just seconds after take-off, fuel-control switches abruptly moved to the "cut-off" position, starving the engines of fuel and triggering total power loss.
The Air India flight climbed to 625 feet in clear weather before losing location data 50 seconds in, per Flightradar24.
One of the pilots submitted a mayday call just before the plane crashed in a crowded neighbourhood, leading to an explosion upon impact.
In recovered cockpit voice recordings, one pilot asked "why did you cut off?" and the other replied he "did not do so."
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