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ONE of the pilots operating the doomed Air India flight asked why fuel was cut off just seconds after takeoff, a preliminary report has found. Initial investigation of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s
A Golden Chassis is a specialised tool used to recover data from damaged flight recorders. It consists of an identical, undamaged unit of the same model as the affected recorder and is used to interfa
A preliminary finding into last month's Air India plane crash has suggested the aircraft's fuel control switches were turned off, starving the engines of fuel and causing a loss of engine thrust shortly after takeoff.
Black boxes from the June 12 Air India crash are intact, says Reuters. Investigators are examining fuel control and engine thrust issues, with preliminary findings expected by Friday. The airline faces scrutiny from Indian and EU aviation authorities.
A team led by AAIB director general Yugandhar, along with experts from AAIB and the US NTSB, has begun extracting data from the black box.