Following the fatal crash of Air India's Boeing plane that killed 260 people, no issues with fuel switches were found on other Boeing aircraft. A preliminary report indicated that the fuel switches were turned off during takeoff, leading to engine failure and crash. Air India ordered inspections of the fuel control switch mechanisms as a precaution. Investigators are currently focusing on actions of the captain, Sumeet Sabharwal, while the first officer, Clive Kunder, had raised concerns regarding the switch termination during the flight.
A preliminary report into the incident, released last week, found that the switches that controlled fuel going into the engines had been turned off one after another just after the plane took off from Ahmedabad airport.
It meant the engines were starved of fuel, causing them to shut down. Moments afterwards, the London-bound plane lost altitude and crashed, killing 241 people on board and 19 people on the ground.
After the report's release, Air India ordered that the locking mechanisms of all fuel control switches designed to prevent them from being accidentally turned off in-flight on its Boeing planes be examined as a precautionary measure.
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), an early assessment made by US officials indicated that investigators were now focusing on the actions of the plane's captain, Sumeet Sabharwal.
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